‘There’s No Original Song In Afrobeats’ – Nigerian Singer, Mr Real

Sunnex Egbu

5 hours ago

Nigerian singer, Okafor Uchenna Victor, popularly known as Mr Real, has claimed that the Afrobeat genre lacks originality.

Naijaonpoint reports that Mr Real, in a recent interview with Hip TV, expressed concern over the high level of intellectual property theft in the Nigerian music industry.

The ‘Legbegbe’ crooner stated that many songs and ideas on the Afrobeat scene are stolen, and upcoming artists are the most affected, but often do not get justice.

According to Mr Real, veteran artists like Blackface, who is always vocal about song theft, have used other artists’ intellectual property without permission in the past.

The singer also referenced 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.

He said, “Blackface dey always complain say dem steal him song. Afrobeats no get original songs, even Rema fit steal Omah Lay song. You see idea wey bad if you no sharp, omo boys go run am. No time.

“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.”