Oluwatosin Ajibade: Celebs Rumors

A quick sample dispute to end the week with now, though one that is currently being fought via press release and social media posts rather than litigation.Bad Bunny and his label Rimas Entertainment are accused of sampling and interpolating without licence a track by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Joeboy on ‘Enséñame A Bailar’, which appears on 2022 Bad Bunny album ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’.It’s fellow Afrobeats artist Mr Eazi – in his guise as founder of Joeboy’s label emPawa Africa – who has been hitting out about the allegedly infringing sample and interpolation in various social media posts this week.“The team at emPawa Africa have attempted to sort this issue amicably since May of last year with our mutual legal teams”, Mr Eazi – real name Oluwatosin Ajibade – then said in a press release. “But the intent of Rimas Music is clearly to blatantly appropriate young African creators’ work for their gain without attribution”.“Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon and everybody wants to sample a piece of it”, he went on.

Mr Eazi and Temi Otedola arrived at their destination, neither of them had grasped that they had taken off. “We cannot say this is the day we started dating,” Mr Eazi tells ESSENCE. “We just realized that ‘oh we’re in this.’” The newly engaged couple’s introduction is easily the most traditional part of their relationship.