Ghanaian musician, Kuami Eugene has revealed that he rarely gets the credit he deserves, even though he has written many songs for other musicians.
In an interview on 3FM interview, the “Belinda” hitmaker lamented instances in which he assumed recognition would come naturally, only to be sidelined once the songs gained popularity
“Some songs that I wrote that we thought, you know what, they’ll do the needful later and it was in my face afterwards. Like so many songs that if I say I’ll make mention of, you would be like, okay, so they didn’t give you a cut for this. And if I have to take all of them on, it would look like he’s the bad one,” he said.
Kuami Eugene emphasised that while at first, he ignored a lot of these cases, he has since decided to address the matter by taking legal action against artistes who fail to do the right thing, naming Mr. Drew as one of them.
“Some of them, I took them on. Like Mr. Drew, I took him on and some of them, I figured, you know, just let it go. So, with all these ones or twos, I have, okay, now it’s no more fun game with all of us. Let’s work. If you look at this, of course, this is the hook. What is my cut? Put it here, put it here, my lawyer will give you a call,” he stated.
Kuami Eugene, went on to express optimism about how the new crop of artistes appreciates the music business ethics and professionalism.
“So, I love the fact that this new generation of, I mean, new artistes understand this thing to the brim,” he added.
Credit: 3news.com
