Veteran Nigerian reggae/dancehall singer, Majek Fashek in a recent
interview, told Punch Newspapers that former Idols West Africa winner
and The Voice Nigeria judge Timi Dakolo stole his legendary hit song, Send Down the Rain and failed to pay him for it.
He went on to refer to the alternative singer as unoriginal comparing him to 2Baba, Wizkid and Olamide. He said;
“I felt bad when I learnt that he
worked on my song without my consent. He did not even give me credit. He
is a very bad artiste and he took advantage of the circumstance that I
was facing during that time. The song is not a normal song; it is a
spiritual hit song. Timi Dakolo does not know how I suffered to get that
song. I fasted for seven days before I got that song. I partook in
three days ‘white’ fasting before the song came to me. Timi Dakolo did
not go through that. I did not fight him because I do not have time. Let
God judge us.”
“He broke the rules of copyright. He
is a thief because in music business, he must take permission before he
works on someone’s song. That is why we have COSON. I did not give
anyone the right to do anything with my song. I have a management team I
work with headed by Omenka Uzoma. Dakolo never bothered to look for me
before stealing my song. He has infringed on the laws of copyright and
he is not an original artiste. It is only people like Tuface, Wizkid,
Olamide that are original.
Timi Dakolo, in a bid to clear his name,
took to his Instagram page to inform the world that he did in fact pay
Majek’s manager for the rights to do a remake of the classic song adding
that he has receipts to back his claims.
He wrote;
MY PEOPLE IT TRULY SADDENS ME TO SEE SUCH… I ALWAYS TRY TO DO THINGS RIGHTLY AND LAWFULLY… I PAID HIS MANAGER TO REMAKE THE SONG,I GOT MY INVOICE…I EVEN MENTIONED TO HIM DURING OUR REHEARSALS AT THE HEADIES.. SO HONESTLY I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS WRITE UP… OGA MAJEK FASHEK..I RESPECT AND LOVE YOU…YOUR VOICE GIVES LIFE TO LYRICS… YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST MUSICIANS I KNOW..GOD BLESS YOU..
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