“Drake, I Am The Owner” – Mantse Calls Out Obrafour Over Drake’s Lawsuit

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&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>Mantse Aryeequaye of the Last Two Records&comma; a voice behind many of Hammer of The Last Two&&num;8217&semi;s music recordings has called out Obrafour after the latter filed a lawsuit against Canadian rapper Drake&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Obrafour sued Drake for copyright infringement for sampling &&num;8220&semi;Oye Ohene &lpar;Remix&rpar;&&num;8221&semi; in the track &&num;8220&semi;Calling My Name&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Screen-Shot-2023-04-19-at-4&period;50&period;54-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"Mantse Aryeequaye" class&equals;"wp-image-162020"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">Mantse Aryeequaye<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Obrafour says Drake&&num;8217&semi; previously sought permission to use the work&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t get it&comma; and released the track days later anyway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; a plot twist of the event is that the original owner of the voice&comma; Mantse Aryeequaye has surfaced to claim ownership of the recording&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a series of tweets shared online by Mantse behind the account &commat;Accradotalt on Twitter&comma; &&num;8216&semi;the intellectual property more specifically the &&num;8216&semi;KILLER CUT’ sound which was sampled by Drake in the track &&num;8220&semi;Calling My Name&&num;8221&semi; belongs to&&num;8217&semi; him &lpar;Mantse Aryeequaye&rpar; and not to Obrafour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;ecKU1Cuq-obrafour-&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Obrafour" class&equals;"wp-image-162021"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">Obrafour<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Mantse&comma; the &&num;8220&semi;Killer Cut&&num;8217&semi; sounds were &&num;8216&semi;never relinquish to Obrafour and were used by Edward Nana Poku Osei aka Hammer&comma; Producer of Obrafuor&&num;8217&semi;s album on Obrafuor’s song as he did with others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mantse further in the series of tweets revealed that he maintains &&num;8216&semi; his intellectual property rights and claim over all the artistic works including the &&num;8220&semi;Killer Cut&&num;8221&semi; sound which Drake sampled off &&num;8220&semi;Oye Ohene&&num;8221&semi; remix&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Screen-Shot-2023-04-19-at-4&period;54&period;56-PM-1024x569&period;png" alt&equals;"Drake" class&equals;"wp-image-162022"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">Drake<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Check out screenshots of Mantse&&num;8217&semi;s tweets below or visit&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;category&sol;breaking-news">OccupyGh&period;com for more related stories&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1648726800049029121" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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