- Veteran Nigerian folk singer Beautiful Nubia has accused two gospel musicians of melody theft.
- He claims that parts of his original song “Seven Lives” were used without his permission.
- The accusation was made in a strongly worded Instagram post.
Veteran Nigerian folk singer Beautiful Nubia has publicly accused two gospel musicians of copying melodies from his original song.
In a strongly worded post on Instagram, the acclaimed songwriter alleged that parts of his track Seven Lives were used without his approval.
He said the first alleged case happened in 2012, referencing gospel artist Yinka Ayefele and his song My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti) released that year. According to Beautiful Nubia, the melody of the song was taken from Seven Lives.
“There was Yinka Ayefele with ‘My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti)’ in 2012,” he wrote.
The singer also mentioned a more recent track titled Amin, performed by BBO.
“Now someone called BBO with Amin this year,” he added.
Beautiful Nubia insisted that both songs borrowed heavily from his original composition. In a blunt remark that has since gained attention online, he questioned the integrity of musicians, especially those in the gospel genre.
He asked:
“When will Nigerians (especially so-called gospel singers) learn to respect copyright? Stealing na stealing, e no get another name. Well, you could call it thievery.”
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Read some comments below:
@yomzy_1st:”I love the fact that he said ( our song seven life) he did not say my song that our much he gets his fans and band group involved”
@natiwisky:”Hmmmmm. With utmost respect for your work Sir. I believe there is no new idea, we build on something, if you also probably do a see search you might realize seven lives possibly could be based on an old folk tune you probably had heard at some point. I believe it is human nature to copy possibly subconsciously at times. Maybe reaching out will make them admit it and doing the necessary and Untill this come to their attention they might not even have realized the similarity being such a simple tune.”
@benmoore04:”You de promote this thievery because I’m forced to listen to Amin and only God knows how many time I’ve skipped that song. No worries we your day one fans won’t stop loving you.”
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