2face's former band mate, Blackface
who has been on his neck for stealing his song is definitely not
ready to let go of the accusations. This is because the latter, in a
recent interview with HipTv, insisted that the Áfrican Queen'
crooner owns him an apology.
The aggrieved singer who has
continually faulted 2face for neither acknowledging nor rewarding him
for his role in writing his evergreen song, 'African Queen', has said
that he is not willing to let go of the accusations.
Speaking on Faze’s move to broker
peace between himself and 2face, Blackface aid, “Faze is my friend
and he is going to do his own bit. But, one thing that he does not
know is that who feels it, knows it. He didn’t write the song, I
did. So he does not know what I am talking about. It is easy for him
to call for peace. But then, it is the duty of the offender to
apologise for his action. I can’t keep quiet about what happened
because I haven’t offended anybody. I have not stolen anybody’s
song.”
He blamed the Federal Government for
not instituting an appropriate punishment for individuals who are
involved in song theft.
According to him, “Had the Federal
Government introduced an appropriate punishment for stealing other
people’s songs, many music artistes would be in trouble today. If
the penalty required offenders to spend some years in jail, many
so-called big artistes would be in prison by now.”
“Some of them steal songs from fellow
musicians based in the country or abroad and pass them off as their
own. This is very bad for culture and the creative sector. It is also
bad enough for the honest and hard working Nigerian artiste who goes
through a lot of trouble to survive.“Whatever the government
decides, the courts are there to ensure that justice prevails. If you
find yourself on the wrong side of the law, you will have to accept
the consequence of your actions,”he said.
Meanwhile, 2face has not reacted to
Blackface's demand for apology from him.
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