KSA’s manager to Davido, Small Doctor : ‘Seek permission before using Sunny Ade’s songs…’
King Sunny Ade’s manager, Clement Ige, is unhappy over the refusal of Small Doctor and Davido to take permission from KSA before they used his lyrics to create songs.
Speaking at Goldberg’s Ariya Repete Roundtable discourse in Abeokuta. Ige, who has worked with KSA for 40 years, identified certain things the younger artistes were doing wrong.
He stated, “They use English language to speak Yoruba. Like the young man who sang ‘makole marale.’ How do you build house before buying a land?” he asked.
He also added.
“Many of them don’t give credit to the original composer of the song they adopt. They just sing it without seeking permission. That’s a copyright infringement. It’s not done in developed societies.
“Till today, Small Doctor didn’t get our permission before and after singing ‘ijó tí m’ojó l’àná, tí wọn n’pariwo, oni nkọ, ola nkọ.’ And many of them are guilty of this. The Davido that used Sunny’s lyrics in his song didn’t even get it right and that’s because he didn’t ask for permission. If he did, we would have corrected him. What is ‘Kuluso ewe, agbagba ewe…?’ The line is actually ‘Seleru agbo, agbara agbo’. I know because I co-wrote the song!
