Controversy has begun trailing Emma Nyra‘s new single,
‘Work Hard’ few days after its release as a music producer, Samson Ohda known
as OD Beats has accused her of stealing the song.
In promotion of her forthcoming EP, Love Vs Money,
Nyra released ‘Work Hard’ as the project’s lead single on Monday, July 18.
OD Beats is however claiming to have originally
created the beat to the song but was subsequently denied payment and credit. He
released a statement along with a clip of the said studio session with the
singer.
His statement reads: ‘On June 29th Emma Nyra was in
the studio with Samson Ohda aka OD Beats when he creatively produced and
composed the reggae/afropop influenced beat for ‘Work Hard’ off her released
Ep. After OD beats had been contracted (Verbally/Text Messages) to produce her
EP, shortly after started having difficulty with payment from her camp.
Subsequently after trying to make a deposit for OD to send over some tracks,
they started making up excuses which lead to her stealing the intellectual
property in a sordid attempt to recreate an idea idea she did not pay for and
sell it of as having produced by another Houston based producer (Tag on the
track) in a show of spite.
‘My reason for highlighting and sharing this story
is to touch on the manner producers are often taking advantage of when they try
to work with an estab artist to a mutual end. I hear these stories countlessly
and it’s devastating to the psyche when someone puts his heart and soul into
something and someone else feels entitled enough to steal your efforts with
impunity. In an industry that’s already lacking compensatory structure, I can
only imagine how producers in Nigeria and other countries are being taken
advantage of; which is not to say all artists are that way.’
There has been no reaction from Emma Nyra yet.
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