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> An aspiring Nigerian musician named Wisekid copied an album from one of Africa's biggest artists Wizkid, reportedly passing it off as his own. By uploading the 'pirated' album to music services such as Apple Music, Amazon and Tidal, the scammer appears to have earned substantial revenue. Legal streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have been the music industry’s most effective weapon against piracy. Many people don’t even bother ripping or downloading albums of tracks nowadays. The legal alternatives are just more convenient. Despite this success, legal streaming platfor...

Wisekid, whose stage name is an imitation of Wizkid’s, released an album with the title ‘Lasgidi Made’, a localised alteration of the ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner’s album title. He then went ahead to dub the names of Wizkid’s tracks. In the wake of the heated criticism that trailed Wisekid, Pollock took to her Twitter handle on Wednesday to point out that calls to address the issue have not gone unnoticed. Advertisement Pollock, who doubles as the mother of the singer’s third son, said her team has been working to take down all imitations of Wizkid’s works. “RCA have been actively ...

Apple Music and Amazon, anytime Wizkid’s name is searched, Wisekid would be part of the results and vice versa. As the matter became heated, it was alleged that FreeMe, the Michael Ugwu-led label services company distributed Wisekid’s contentious album. However, FreeMee quickly moved to quash those rumours via a thread. The company writes, “ It has come to our notice that an artist by the name of "Wisekid" claims to distribute an album titled 'Lasgidi Made' with our organization. While it is true that he distributes some of his content through our organization, we will like to make...

How Wizkid’s impersonator reportedly made N30 million monthly from replica album Wisekid released an album titled Lasgidi Made but uploaded Wizkid’s Made In Lagos album with a rearranged tracklist. ADVERTISEMENT An up-and-coming Nigerian artiste, Wisekid, has allegedly made N30m monthly since October 2020 by cloning Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album on Apple and Amazon. According to African Facts Zone, who broke the news on Twitter, the alleged impersonator has raked so much cash from digital stores since he uploaded the cloned album in October 2020. An Artist named Wisekid has been making N...