Nigerian artist, Okafor Uchenna Victor, also known as Mr Real, has claimed that the afrobeats genre of music lacks original songs.
While speaking with Hip TV, Mr Real stated that once an artists does not take immediate action on an idea, someone else could make use of it.
He weighed in on the allegations of intellectual property theft levied against Rema, stating that cases like that are very rampant in the music industry.
“Blackface dey always complain say dem steal him song. Afrobeats no get original songs, even Rema fit steal Omah Lay song. You see idea wey bad if you no sharp, omo boys go run am. No time. Stealing of songs happens more between upcoming artists & top artistes but the upcoming no get fans to speak for them. There’s no original song in Afrobeats. Even the one shouting ‘they stole my song’ don still copy person own,” he said in Pidgin.
