Ruggedman got into serious copyright infringement trouble sampling a juju track from veteran General Prince Adekunle in his ‘diss’ song targeted at 9ice, the track titled “a word is enough for the 9ice”. Days after the track release, reports of a law suit for copyright infringement emerged.
General Prince Adekunle – According to Wikipedia, is of Egba origin, from Abeokuta in Ogun State. Prince Adekunle has been a major innovator and force in the jùjú music scene, with his distinctive driving Afrobeat style. Famous musicians such as Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale started their careers playing with his band, the Western Brothers.[1] Although he toured in England in the early 1970s, he did not become well known outside Nigeria.
Ruggedman sampled his music without consent and after reports of litigation reached him, he went in search of the juju proponent, Toscantainment gathers. He got the General’s phone number through his son via Facebook but before then he had called the number of his CD jacket and it turned out to be his marketer’s contact (not management). On receipt of phone number, his manager got across to the General and a meeting was fixed.
On the day agreed for the first meeting, the General wasn’t picking his calls so it didn’t happen. Afterwards, another meeting was rescheduled and this time, the rapper went with an older colleague and comedian Gbenga Adeyinka. The general resides in Ketu and on the sight of the comedian, there was shouting from the woman who recognized him. Ruggedman and Comedian Gbenga Adeyinka met the juju artiste in his living room, in the company of a friend. Gbenga Adeyinka did most of the talking – acknowledged Ruggedman had offended the General and they came to ask for forgiveness.
The general confirmed the intention to sue Ruggedman but The General ended up praying for the rapper and his company.
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