Drake under fire for ‘sampling’ music by Ghanaian rapper: report

Singer and rapper Drake is presently watching a lawsuit value $10 million, for his ‘unauthorized sampling’ of a Ghanaian singer’s music.

The information has been introduced ahead in paperwork printed by Music Buisness Worldwide.

The Ghanian rapper in query, Obrafour, actual identify Michael Elliot Kwabena Okyere Darko, appealed to NYC courts over the difficulty.

The rapper claims, Drake’s tune Calling My Identify contains a brief clip of the phrase “Killer reduce, blood, killer reduce”, and it has been taken from his personal monitor titled, Oye Ohene.

In response to Insider, the duo have been “engaged on a pattern clearance for Republic recording artist Drake” however and not using a response, Drake launch the tune, and album, with the unsampled work, earlier than working issues out with the rapper.