Rapper E.L may soon be dragged to court over sampling claims by Amazing Chorale.
The Gospel music group, has accused the artiste of copyright infringement after E.L sampled chorus of a performance by the group for his banger titled ‘Efa Wo Ho Ben’.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amazing Chorale, Nicholas Effah, said the choral part of EL’s rendition was sampled from their performance of Asare Bediako’s ‘W’ano Pe Asem’.
“The voice we recorded is the same thing he has used, doctored it and just added some few words,” he told Citi FM.
According to him, their rendition was recorded by TV3 during their performance at the station’s gospel music contest, ‘Celebrations’ in 2015.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amazing Chorale said they are speaking to their lawyers to take the matter up.
“We have spoken with Asare Bediako; he is bitterly hurt. We have also spoken to our lawyers and in collaboration with Asare Bediako we shall take him on,” he added.
When Asare Bediako was contacted on phone in his base in Toronto, Canada, he stated that EL did not seek permission from either him or the performance right holders, Amazing Chorale.
“Some people sent the song to me and I wondered how such things could happen in Ghana just like that. This is an old song. Everybody knows this is my song, and somebody picks it and nobody is saying anything about it,” Asare Bediako said.
The composer of the song said some people have infringed on his right a few times and he has dealt with them.
