Nigerian Afrobeats star D’banj has revealed that his legal
team has approached legendary American singer Marc Anthony for sampling his hit
song ‘Oliver Twist’ without approval.
Marc Antony sampled D’banj’s 2012 hit ‘Oliver Twist’ in the
lead and eponymous track of his 2024 album, ‘Muevense’.
Reacting during a recent conversation with Adesope Live,
D’banj admitted that initially, he was happy that the music legend sampled his
work but was forced to let his legal team step in due to the business side of
music.
He said, “Marc Anthony sampling my song was one of my
greatest highlights last year. He released an album last year and the title of
the album and the track one was a sample of my song ‘Oliver Twist.’ I listened
to it and it was just like a Latin version of ‘Oliver Twist.’
“At first, I was happy because of who he is, but my legal
team and the business side of it…. He didn’t reach out to me before sampling
it. The song wasn’t cleared and he put it out officially, lead single and title
of the album. I don hammer…God works in mysterious ways. I’m so happy those are
the advantages of the digital era. The good thing about it is that it is
already released. My legal people are handling it and I know that they are
going high but deep down I still admire Marc Anthony. We have to clear it.”
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