Popular Afrobeats legend D’banj has come out to say that his lawyers contacted American music legend Marc Anthony over the unauthorized use of his 2012 global hit, “Oliver Twist.” He recently revealed that Marc sampled “Oliver Twist” in the title track of his 2024 album, “Muevense” without permission.
Accoding to him, the legend failed to clear the rights before releasing the song, and even though he was initially made him happy that a legend sampled his song, he had to involve his legal team because Marc Anthony didn’t follow due process.
He added that artists must always learn to abide by copyright rules, especially when money is involved.
His words, “Marc Anthony sampling my song was one of my greatest highlights last year.
He released an album and the title and track one was a sample of Oliver Twist. It sounded like a Latin version. I was initially happy because of who he is, but my legal team had to step in.
He didn’t reach out to me before sampling it. The song wasn’t cleared and he put it out officially.
I don hammer… God works in mysterious ways. The good thing about it is that it is already released. My legal people are handling it and I know they are going high.”
WOW.
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