Maverick singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, popularly known as Brymo, has accused Nigerian Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, of stealing his intellectual property.
Truetells Nigeria reports that the ‘Ara’ crooner, in a post via Instagram on Wednesday, alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’
Brymo said his album will be released by the end of the year, and what Burna Boy did was a crime.
He wrote, “By end of this year y’all will recollect that ‘Macabre’ wasn’t released when in the public, and as privately as it gets .: ‘city boy’.. and ‘I Told You’ were fed to Burna Boy..
“Former of the track titles I mentioned above is there to point me to the fact that the latter, and his album title is the hook I sing on my album title track ‘Macabre’.. burna na really boy.. and that’s a crime.!! An actual crime…To do time for… and if una like make una resurrect legends to come complain about stolen songs… una go regret this shit to numerous degrees… shey una no dey hear word !!.”
When I Knew My Son Would Be A Musical Giant
Meanwhile, the mother and manager of Grammy-winning star, Burna Boy, Bose Ogulu, has disclosed that she knew he would be great from his teenage years.
Ogbulu told BBC’s Nyasha Michelle in an interview that she predicted he would be a force to reckon with in the world of music.
According to her, “I think I had known at age 13 or 14 that he was going to be great at something and that thing was probably going to be music.
