Mantse Aryeequaye, the founder of the Chale Wote Street Festival, had his case against rapper Obrafour and music producer Hammar dismissed by the Accra High Court.
This comes after Mantse sued Obrafour and Hammar for claiming ownership of the popular phrase “Killer Cut Blood,” which appears in Obrafour’s song “Oye Ohene.”
Obrafour and Hammer of The Last Two Music Group, who produced the song “Oye Ohene,” received GH¢10,000 at a court session on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
According to the information available, the court dismissed the case based on “inconsistencies and breaches of court rules” in Mantse’s writ.
Mantse filed suit against Obrafour and Hammer on January 12, 2024. Mantse claimed in a writ of summons that Obrafour registered the phrase as his own in the United States in September 2022, without his consent or transfer of rights.
Obrafour and Hammer from The Last Two Music Group, who produced the song “Oye Ohene,” received GH¢10,000 at a court session on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
According to the available information, the court dismissed the case due to “inconsistencies and breaches of court rules” in Mantse’s writ.
Mantse filed a lawsuit against Obrafour and Hammer on January 12, 2024. Mantse claimed in a writ of summons that Obrafour registered the phrase as his own in the United States in September 2022, without his permission or transfer of rights.
“Plaintiff says 1st Defendant received notification from some handlers of Drake, (a foreign musician), requesting the use of Plaintiffs work which they wrongly attributed to 1st Defendant, because they heard it on his song ‘Oye Ohene’. 1st defendant did not inform Drake’s handlers that the 1st Defendant was not the owner of the work, but who used it on his song, (just as Drake is to use it). 1st Defendant did not inform Plaintiff, the actual owner of the work, knowing very well that the part of the song being sought by Drake is wholly the intellectual property of the Plaintiff,” part of the writ read.
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