Popular Ghanaian musician, Obrafour, has filed a lawsuit against Canadian rapper, Drake, for unauthorized usage of his song.
In his lawsuit, Obrafour alleges that Drake sampled his song ‘Oye Ohene’ remix in the track ‘Calling My Name’ from Drake’s album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ released in 2022, without getting permission despite being earlier denied.
The lawsuit came after recent high-profile cases like Puff Diddy paying Sting $2,000 a day for unlawfully sampling his record, and Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams being directed by the court to pay the estate of Marvin Gaye up to $5 million for sampling his song.
Also, similar cases have emerged in Nigeria, with Danny Young taking Tiwa Savage to court for sampling his song, and Tempoe filing lawsuit against against Asa and P.Prime for copyright infringement.
Obrafour’s lawyer, Imran Ansari, revealed that Obrafour is the rightful owner of the copyright for the song in Ghana and the United States, and Drake’s use of the song was illegal.
The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York, and Obrafour tendered four exhibits to back his ownership claim. Obrafour is seeking several prayers which include damages of not less than $10,000,000, recognition, respect, and compensation for the use of his creative work.
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