Afrobeats Lacks Originality, Intellectual Property Theft Rampant – Mr Real

 

Nigerian musician, Okafor Uchenna Victor aka Mr Real, has called out Afrobeats musicians.

 

This is as he lamented that the genre lacks originality.

 

According to him, a lot of songs and ideas on its scene were stolen.

 

He noted that upcoming artists are the most affected but often don’t get justice because they don’t have much supporters to create awareness about the injustice.

 

He claimed that even veteran artists like Blackface who is always vocal about song theft have used other artists’ intellectual properties in the past without approval.

Speaking in a recent interview with Hip TV, Mr Real also dived into the allegations that Rema stole his colleague Omah Lay’s intellectual property, saying it could be possible due to the nature of the music industry.

 

“Stealing of songs happens more between upcoming artists & top artistes but the upcoming no get fans to speak for them. There’s no original song in Afrobeats. Even the one shouting ‘they stole my song’ don still copy person own,” he said in Pidgin.