Omah Lay shared a disappointing experience in an interview with Zach Sang Show, where he revealed that a well-known musician he admires and had hoped to collaborate with, ended up stealing his idea and using it to create an entire album.
As a result, Omah Lay had to recreate his own album from scratch, but he remains optimistic, believing the new version will be his best work yet.
“Holy Ghost is a new movement, I was going to make the whole album with the new sound, but along the line, I changed my mind, and I decided to. I shared an idea with a certain artist, and the artiste went ahead and put up an album with my idea, and I had to go back and record my album.
I had an idea to do something with sound, and he came to me and asked me and it is an artist that I love. So, I decided to collaborate and show him where I was heading with Afrobeat and five months later, he put up an album with the same sound that I shared with him. So, I had to go back and remake my album, which would be the greatest album of all time probably in history”.
Teddy A, a former Big Brother Naija contestant, shared a similar experience of idea theft, where a popular TV host allegedly stole his concept for a football podcast.
Teddy A had initially pitched the idea to the host, who expressed interest and agreed to bring in a major brand as a sponsor.
However, the host later gave excuses for not moving forward, leading Teddy A to believe the brand wasn’t interested.
But to his surprise, the TV host went on to launch the same program on YouTube, sponsored by the same brand, leaving Teddy A feeling betrayed and questioning the ethics of the industry.
Blackface, a member of the former group Plantashun Boiz, publicly accused Asake of intellectual theft in January, claiming Asake remixed his song without permission.
Blackface took to Twitter and a HipTV interview to express his frustration, stating that he deserved credit for the song “Joha” and criticizing Olamide, Asake’s record label boss, for not facilitating a collaboration or seeking his permission.
Blackface implied that Olamide’s failure to reach out to him led to the controversy, and he believed a collaboration could have been possible if properly approached.
