Octopizzo Aside, Here Are 5 Other Kenyan Artists Who Have Copied Music From Other Artists.
Before we all burn Octopizzo at stake, which he deserves by the way, lets hold our horses, he has just joined others before him who have perfected the art of taking existing music and passing it off as their own. Sample this out:
1. Willy Paul.
He took home the accolade after fellow gospel artist, Bahati paraded him on social media accusing him of stealing his song “Mapenzi” and passing it off as his own. Bahati revealed that Willy Paul had ‘stolen’ his song “mapenzi” with the help of producer “Teddy B”
2. Willy Paul Allegedly Stole Tam Sana
Elijah Prince, a gospel artists alleged that Wily Paul stole the song “Tam Sana” from him. You can read the whole account here. Ghafla Exclusive: ‘Willy Paul Stole Tam Tam’ Fellow Gospel Artiste Claims!
3. Pierra Makena Copied her Wape song from Malika
It is okay to copy one song (only one) when you have a couple good ones out there. But when you do a horrible copy of a song that you copied from a legend, that is unforgivable. No wonder social media smashed to smithereens Dj Pierra’s attempts at singing.
4. Sauti Sol Bam Bam.
This is one of the first video done by Sauti Sol that we loathe, actually, detest. It is void of meaning and sounds horribly like Lumidee’s “Never leave you alone” Of course Sauti Sol’d fanatics might want to argue that it was properly executed ‘ekphrasis’- that style of artists taking other artist’s songs and creating something different from them. But does ‘ekphrasis’ make it any less of copying? Anyway, it is still horrible.
5. Rabbit- Gerrarahia.
Rabbit feels the need to release a song every nightfall, in a bid to stay relevant in an ever changing musical scene. But in the rush to sing about every topic that arises he loses it. I’m referring especially to his nefarious, totally off-putting rendition of “Gerrarahia”
6. Khaligraph Jones “I am King”
It is alleged that Khaligraph copied the song’s “I am Kings'” beats and flow from Twista’s Adrenaline Rush.
