A cultural music group, United Boys Culture, has called out popular singer, Timaya over alleged song theft.
The group said that Timaya sampled their song of the same name without their consent in her most recent single, “Dey Your Dey.”The group’s leader begged Timaya to stop stealing their intellectual property in a video message posted on their Tiktok profile. They emphasised that the singer had already stolen another of their songs, “As E Dey Sweet Us, E Dey Pain Dem.”
He said: “I want to use this opportunity to call on our brother, Mr. Timaya. I am the leader of United Boys Culture of Etche, Rivers State. We are the original owners of the song, ‘Dey Your Dey.’ I want to plead with you, you know that the song has been trending since October last year. If you want to remix our song, you are supposed to seek our permission.
“But you just went ahead to remake the song. That was how you remake ‘As E Dey Sweet Us, E Dey Pain Dem’ without our permission. Please, leave our songs. I am begging you, Mr. Timaya.” [sic]
Timaya is yet to react to the allegations.
Plagiarism is a dirty act/behavior and oga Timaya shouldn’t be the one involved in such, if you can’t write your song or think then pay people to do that. @timayatimaya pic.twitter.com/fU3Ft6kj0c
— TUNDE 🥶🇸🇴 (@AlhajiWalls) February 15, 2024
