Ruggedman got into serious copyright infringement trouble sampling a juju track from veteran General Prince Adekunle in his ‘diss’ song targeted at 9ice, the track titled “a word is enough for the 9ice”. Days after the track release, reports of a law suit for copyright infringement emerged.

General Prince Adekunle – According to Wikipedia, is of Egba origin, from Abeokuta in Ogun State. Prince Adekunle has been a major innovator and force in the jùjú music scene, with his distinctive driving Afrobeat style. Famous musicians such as Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale started their careers playing with his band, the Western Brothers.[1] Although he toured in England in the early 1970s, he did not become well known outside Nigeria.

Ruggedman sampled his music without consent and after reports of litigation reached him, he went in search of the juju proponent, Questionmarkmag.com gathers. He got the General’s phone number through his son via Facebook but before then he had called the number of his CD jacket and it turned out to be his marketer’s contact (not management). On receipt of phone number, his manager got across to the General and a meeting was fixed.

On the day agreed for the first meeting, the General wasn’t picking his calls so it didn’t happen. Afterwards, another meeting was rescheduled and this time, the rapper went with an older colleague and comedian Gbenga Adeyinka. The general resides in Ketu and on the sight of the comedian, there was shouting from the woman who recognized him. Ruggedman and Comedian Gbenga Adeyinka met the juju artiste in his living room, in the company of a friend. Gbenga Adeyinka did most of the talking – acknowledged Ruggedman had offended the General and they came to ask for forgiveness.

The general confirmed the intention to sue Ruggedman but The General ended up praying for the rapper and his company.

Lucky him, he got prayers and not a law case!

Abeg. D general should be happy that someone of rugged's stature is making his music relevant in today's industry.
But seriously rugged should have checked first, before including d track on his album.

montelik:

Abeg. D general should be happy that someone of rugged's stature is making his music relevant in today's industry.
But seriously rugged should have checked first, before including d track on his album.

the general should be happy? Are u for real. .
Is dat how u reason?

tosinaded@:

Lucky him, he got prayers and not a law case!

Disappointed? Yea, you should be disapointed its not what you think, lmao


Bad people, always waiting to hear/read bad news or other peoples downfall

MeGaStReEt:

Disappointed? Yea, you should be disapointed its not what you think, lmao


Bad people, always waiting to hear/read bad news or other peoples downfall

did bad people make him go against copyright laws?
Such idiocy. . .

tosinaded@:

did bad people make him go against copyright laws?
Such idiocy. . .

I know you doltish

What a story!

So all becos he wanted to reply 9ice.he had to go thru dis ridicule, buahahahahaha to u logheadman,

montelik:

Abeg. D general should be happy that someone of rugged's stature is making his music relevant in today's industry.
But seriously rugged should have checked first, before including d track on his album.

What a pity *shake head*

Finally, it takes humility and finesse to do what ruggedy did. Some other artistes would ve worsen the case by taking dumb moves like 9ice did. He knew that taking an older yoruba man of Gbenga Adeyinka's standing with him will do the magic. It is not about relevance and that is where I think Mr 9ice got it all wrong, you must learn to give respect to people that ve been in the game b4 you no matter what, sometimes that respect could mean keeping shut even when you feel like laying it out. That's how adults behave not making music that give room for silly insinuations.

Another i.d.iot just posted above me!
Its unfair that the most retarded comments are always 4rm rugged's fans. .

People should relax. My comment was sarcastic.

rhymz:

Finally, it takes humility and finesse to do what ruggedy did. Some other artistes would ve worsen the case by taking dumb moves like 9ice did. He knew that taking an older yoruba man of Gbenga Adeyinka's standing with him will do the magic. It is not about relevance and that is where I think Mr 9ice got it all wrong, you must learn to give respect to people that ve been in the game b4 you no matter what, sometimes that respect could mean keeping shut even when you feel like laying it out. That's how adults behave not making music that give room for silly insinuations.

. . . are u 4 real or u just joking?

@tosinaded, people's comment u called "not 2 smart" happens 2 be smartest post i have read in this thread.d message is clear "give respect 2 ur elders no matter what"

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tosinaded@:

Another i.d.iot just posted above me!
Its unfair that the most not-so-smart comments are always 4rm rugged's fans. .

Did you just say "smart comments" If only you know what that means, please next time use a dictionary