Zakes fumes over song 'theft'

Musician and producer Zakes Bantwini is fuming after a Nigerian artist, Dremo, allegedly stole the beat of his 2010 hit Clap Your Hands.

Dremo released a new song, Bigger Meat, the video of which was released on Twitter last week.

Bantwini, who was notified by fans on Twitter, said he was shocked by this and plans to take legal action against Dremo.

“I saw this on Twitter. Someone said to me, Zakes, this is your song. He tagged me and I was like, this is my song,” Bantwini said.

The 38-year-old had initially sent a series of tweets to Dremo appealing to him to acknowledge what he had done.

Huh 🤔 this is my song clap you hands mos? Let me speak to my publisher I hope you did the right thing bro. Like clearing this song with my publisher 🤞🏿 https://t.co/wpOydJxGrD

— ZAKES BANTWINI (@ZakesBantwiniSA) November 16, 2018

@Dremodrizzy are you going to pretend like you don’t see my tweet? You are going to regret this gesture and courtesy I’m showing you brother, when we don’t hear from you by 5:30 pm CAT you’ll have left me with no options but to involve my legal team,your choice🤞🏿 #businessofmusic

— ZAKES BANTWINI (@ZakesBantwiniSA) November 16, 2018

Dremo is signed under Davido Music Worldwide, and his music video has 90600 views.

Bantwini confirmed to The Star that he met with his publishers, and they had decided to give Dremo until close of business yesterday to respond to them.

The song was released under Sony Africa. 

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