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BUGA on the Gángan by DJ Ìràwọ̀

Thursday, 20 March 2025

GET PERMISSION AND A MUSIC LICENSE BEFORE YOU USE A SONG

 


Akóredé Babátúndé Okùnọlá AKA Saheed Òṣùpá, reportedly requested the removal of Portable's song titled Ijóo Ṣakuṣákú (Ijo Shakushaku), which he released two years ago, from streaming platforms due to alleged unauthorised use of his lyrics.


Òṣùpá and his distributors filed complaints, leading to the song's removal from platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.


This action prompted Portable to publicly criticise Òṣùpá, accusing him of not supporting his career and labelling him 'big for nothing', literally and figuratively.


In response, Portable said he used only four lines from the bridge of Saheed's song in his own song without permission.


He expects that Saheed ought to act as a father figure to him in the music industry by overlooking this use, just the way Pasuma allowed him to use some of his lyrics in his own songs without permission.


He says Obàtálá is the one living in him even though ìjàpà (tortoise) is the one living in Saheed Oṣùpá.

Portable!!!

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Portable is now 'crying' on the internet that this song is one of the ten songs that he used to borrow money a few years ago to produce and promote his songs and this is the reason why he releases new songs frequently.


"How am I going to pay back this debt now?" he asks pitifully and rhetorically. 🥺😓😥


In defiance, as is common with his unstable behaviour, he claims to know who his real father is and it is not Saheed.


He also threatened to hire a lawyer to defend him in court over this matter as he no longer cares about Saheed. 😂😂


Dear Portable Zazuu , as a Music Business Coach and Consultant that I am at DJ Ìràwọ̀ , I advise you not to waste your money on a court case because you are wrong from inception.


Firstly, Saheed is not Pasuma.

That a songwriter or author allowed you to use their song freely does not mean that others will allow you to do the same.


Secondly, the length, time and form of the lyrics, beat, melody or whatever part of the song that you used is irrelevant.


That you used it requires you to ask for permission and a music license to use that song.


In the end, the copyright owner may not ask you for money or a copyright split but you still need to ask.


Thirdly, an already recorded song can be used in a new song in any of the following ways:

1. Cover

2. Reuse

3. Remix

4. Sample

5. Interpolation

6. Re-recording

7. Derivative Work

8. Synchronisation, etc.


As a Musician, if you want to get permission and a music license to do any of the above four, contact me as a Music Clearance Consultant


If you want to claim your rights with anyone who has used your song in any of the above four ways, contact me as a Music License Consultant.


Fourthly, Saheed Òṣùpá is a political science graduate from the University of Ìbàdàn. He is preparing to undertake his PhD. He knows his music rights. He is not like other Yorùbá musicians.


Fifthly, Portable, you are rude and do not portray the traits of an Ọmọlúwàbí.

Saheed Òṣùpá is older than you are in age and has years of musical experience.


If you had asked him politely for permission, he may not have requested for a royalty split or licensing fee from you or instructed your song to be taken down.


Besides, he has more fans of calibre than you do, online and offline.


You are only asking for trouble by calling him out on social media.


Go and beg him, prostrate for him and ask him for permission so that your song can be returned to streaming platforms and so that you can have money to repay your creditors.


Sixthly, hiring a lawyer, hopefully you know that you should be hiring an intellectual property lawyer, is a waste of your time, money and effort because you have lost this case from Inception.


Use that lawyer money to pay Saheed Òṣùpá!

© Irawo Drummer

    20/03/25

    📍Musician

    📍Music Clarity Coach

    📍Music Business Consultant



Thursday, 9 January 2025

MUSIC FANS, STOP GETTING ON STAGE!

Burna Boy


Recently, Burna Boy was dragged by netizens for kìcking a fan off the stage.

He got distracted and stopped his music performance.

Rema too has been accused of kícking a fan and he was dragged.

They have both apologised, which to me is unnecessary. 😕

The next time you climb on stage uninvited, they will kíck you again and claim self-defence and trespass.

Maybe then, they will succeed in removing one eye and tooth from your body with their heavy boots. 😃😃

Some people have compared them to Michael Jackson saying:

"Michael Jackson was not wickẹ́d. He used to hug his fans and yen, yen, yen!

Well, every artist is different from the other.

Burna is not Rema and Rema is not Michael Jackson.

Some music artists have stage fright even though they appear confident.

This is why some of them take drúgs to give them Dutch courage.

So, when you come on stage uninvited, you scare them.

Any little distraction, they fidget and they will no longer be able to continue their music performance.

Plus, these days, no one is to be trusted.

Where is Michael now?

His enemies still got him back doors.

Burna, Rema and other music artists' enemies may decide to get them on stage.

Na to mount guard o!

Ojú ni alákan fií
́ orí.

(The crab uses its eyes to guard its head).

Make pésin no near me for stage o!

Na to nack am drum for head. 😜

You paid for tickets? So freaking what? 🙄🙄

Can you allow strangers to burst into your office without an invitation or appointment even after they have patronised your búsiness?

As music artists, the stage is our office and our playground.

That we are entertaining you does not give you the right to come into our space uninvited.

We are human beings too. We value our space, body and lives.

Respect us!

You can always meet your music star after the performance if their security allows you to come near them.

Just obey simple instructions and do not get on the dámn
̄ fréaking stage!!!

Some netizens try to make Nigẹ́rian music artists lóọ́k inferior; like we don't know what we should be doing. 🤔🤔

They say:

"If it were abroad, Burna can never try that nonsense!"

"Rema cannot try that in O2!"

Wee you keep kwayet?"

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Several international music artists have had disobedient fans mess with their patience for which they got a quick reflex action from the musician.

No time!

Let me list a few of them and how it happened:

📌Cardi B

In July 2023, during a performance in Las Vegas, a fan threw a drink at Cardi B.

She responded by throwing her microphone at the individual.

The incident led to a police investigation but no charges were filed.

📌Afroman:

In 2015, the rapper was performing in Biloxi, Mississippi, when a female fan approached him on stage.

Afroman reacted by stríkíng her, later claiming he was unaware of the fan's gender and that he had been startled.

📌Jeffree Star

At the 2007 Toronto Pride Festival, after being pelted with objects, Star retaliated by púnching a female fan in the face.

So, anything can happen in any country.

To avoid angering a music artist, do not get on the stage during their performance and do not throw things at them.

A disobedient fan is a potentially harmful suspect and will be treated as such.

A word is enough for a wise and obedient fan.

Cheers!

© DJ Ìràwọ̀
09/01/24

#burnaboy
#rema 

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