Ghanaian voice actor, Mantse Aryeequaye is unhappy that Obrafour did not acknowledge him as a right owner of the ‘Oye Ohene’ remix in his suit against Canadian rapper Drake.
Mantse who used to do a lot of voice-over chants for artistes who recorded their songs with beat maker Hammer in the past, has taken to Twitter to vent his displeasure at Obrafour for claiming the sole right of the intro he did on the remix of ‘Oye Ohene.’
Obrafour, through a court in the United States of America, has taken the Canadian rapper to court for using the phrase “killer cut, blood, killer cut” which was delivered by Mantse Aryeequaye. He is suing Drake for $10 million for sampling that particular sound for his song ‘Calling My Name’ without permission.
However, in a thread on Accradotalt Twitter page, Nii Mantse Aryeequaye, also the co-founder of the Chalewote Street Art Festival, has expressed his disappointment in Obrafour for claiming ownership of his intellectual property while he had not paid him for all the works he had did for him in the past 20 years.
“Hi Mike @iamobrafour I’m disappointed at your actions. Would be good to tell the public the truth about this matter or I will be forced to lay out how you’ve never paid a dime for any of my works on your songs over the last 20yrs,” he tweeted.
He indicated that he is the right owner of the “killer cut” sound that Obrafour is suing Drake for.
“Hello @RobertFreundLaw. The intellectual property more specifically the ‘KILLER CUT’ sound which was sampled by @Drake in the track “Calling My Name” belongs to Mantse Aryeequaye and not to @iamobrafour,” he wrote.
According to Nii Mantse, the “rights to the said ‘KILLER CUT’ sound were never relinquished to @IamObrafuor and was used by Edward Nana Poku Osei aka Hamma, Producer of Obrafuor’s album on Obrafuor’s song as he did with others.”
Mentioning Drake in his tweets, he also intimated that: “I Mantse Aryeequaye maintain my intellectual property rights and claim over all my artistic works including the “Killer Cut” sound you sampled off “Oye Ohene” remix used on Obrafuor’s album.
This is to confirm I [Mantse Aryeequaye] insist that although @IamObrafuor has interest in the matter, he is not the owner of the right, and cannot assert it, definitely not alone, or make any demands for sole compensation for its use,” he further noted.
He, therefore, directed that Drake contacts his lawyers before he goes ahead to deal with Obrafour.
“I wish to convey firmly as owner of the right and request that you consult my lawyer Kofi Bentil [email protected] before you take any steps regarding claims for compensation for the use of the intellectual property of Mantse Aryeequaye. You’ve been notified.”
In the meantime, Obrafour is yet to respond to Mantse Aryeequaye’s claims.
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