Kenzo Responds To Allegations That He Stole Matatu

Earlier this week, it emerged that Kenzo’s latest release, Matatu, might have been stolen from a coast-based group, Tuff Shutters Crew. Since one of the group members even held the copyright to the “original”, it looked like Kenzo would have to face the authorities over the matter.

Today, the Ogopa singer appeared on Mambo Mseto to explain the whole incident. One of the things explained during interview with Willy M. Tuva is that he is not really the owner of the song and that he was just a featured artiste. The main artiste on Matatu is K-Mess, who was/is a member of Tuff Shutters.

Kenzo explained that Tuff Shutters went to Ogopa with a demo. The producer, Lucas Bikedo liked Matatu and asked Kenzo to help the crew polish it up. Midway through the production, Bassil had issues and wanted a new contract with new terms. Since the work had already started, Kenzo finished his parts just in case the crew came to an agreement with Ogopa.

K-Mess agreed to finish the track and that was what was released and was also on call during the interview to reiterate Kenzo’s version of the story. So, according to Kenzo and K-Mess, the track was not stolen. An existing demo was just polished up and all parties were aware of what was going on. Check out the two versions of the tracks here.