Nigerian songwriter and music producer, Oluwaseyi Akerele,
popularly known as Shizzi, has called out music executive, Efe Ogbeni, for
keeping him in a bad record deal.
Shizzi explained via an Instagram post on Tuesday, said that
Ogbeni made him sign an “archaic” Minimum Delivery and Release Commitment deal
with Sony Music six years ago.
In publishing contracts, the MDRC clause requires a
songwriter to deliver a certain number of songs to the publisher, a portion of
which must be commercially released recordings.
Traditionally, the clause usually states that such
recordings must be released by a major record company or a pre-approved larger
independent label.
“Efe is the epitome of a heartless human being! I’ve been
stuck in the worst Sony Music publishing deal for six years because of him!,”
Shizzi wrote in the post.
He continued, “You will never stop what God has ordained for
me! You have done absolutely nothing for my career but try and take everything
away from me and my family!”
The music producer claimed he unknowingly signed an archaic
MDRC deal because Ogbeni never gave him the chance to choose his own attorney
to properly inspect the contract back in 2016.
Instead, Shizzi said he was “forced” to work with a lawyer
who happened to be a friend of the music executive.
“I unknowingly got signed to an archaic MDRC deal because of
this man. He never gave us the right to choose an attorney to thoroughly
inspect the contract in 2016 because his friend/partner in crime was the
attorney that we were forced to work with on the deal, and now he doesn’t want
to let me free!
“As of late last year, SonyATV said they were going to let
me go only if he agrees with terms of termination #FREESHIZZI enough is enough!
I will drag your name to the mud with the TRUTH! You can’t get away with this!”
he wrote.
Shizzi, in December, traded words with singer, Teni, over
the production of her hit song, ‘Case’.
His recent outburst comes shortly after another music
producer, Samklef, slammed Banky W over royalties on Wizkid’s song.
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