Rabbit Thrown Out of Court

Some celebrities are as famous for their court cases as they are for their talents and top lyricist Rabbit may just be one of those. It was reported earlier last week that the ‘1963’ rapper was entangled in a song theft case, a matter that had been taken up by the law court.

The rapper had been taken to court for supposedly plagiarising Safari Sound Band’s song ‘Bado Nakupenda’ after a representative of the legendary band claimed Rabbit used the song in his upcoming album without their consent.

After the hearing of the case yesterday morning at the Nairobi Law Courts, Rabbit won the copyright theft court case after the presiding judge threw out the case out saying that Rabbit had been given the rights to own the song.

In his defense, Rabbit argued that he received the rights of the song from Safari Sound Band and the original member Chuli through Wawesh who is also his producer and even has the legal documents that prove the ownership.

The court case had threatened to stop his album launch set for 20 December but now Kaka Sungura can have a stress-free launch.

Ghafla! exclusively spoke to Rabbit and he seemed excited following the collapse of the case, “Watu wanakula nare kaa magicians vile mambo yangu inaenda poa, but zaidi ni kwamba nimewaalika kwa launch yangu, No hard feelings, Go Hard or Go Home!!!!”

His album,“Before The Success| Success Begins Now”, will be the FIRST ever double disc in Kenya and the launch will be at Louis Leakey, Museum Hill.