One percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing…Rex Omar wades into Obrafour, Mantse brouhaha

 
The Board Chairman of Ghana Music Rights Organisation, GHAMRO, Mr Rex Owusu Marfo, has waded into the conversation generated from Obrafour’s legal actions against Canadian rapper, Drake for Copyright Infringement.
 
Right after it came public that Obrafour has filed a suit in New York against Drake, renowned filmmaker, Mantse Aryeequaye resorted to Twitter to call out Obrafour for taking such actions without his notice.
 
He added that Obrafour cannot sue on his behalf because he does not own the copyright of the sample phrase.
 
This generated a lot of arguments amongst industry players and music lovers.
 
Against this backdrop, Rex Omar in what he describes as my take has advised that 1 percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing.
 
In an educational piece on social media, he indicated that “The owner of the master tape of that recorded sound has the primary right to sue.”
 
He added that “The creator of that particular sampled phrase “Kill a cat blood” also has interest but his interest is within that of the owner of the master tape of the recorded sound.”
 
The Abiba hitmaker noted that “It’s imperative for all interested parties to stop commenting on the case as it can be used to jeopardize the case, especially Mantse, Hammer, and Obrafoɔ.
For 1% of something is better than 100% of nothing.”
 
Rex Omar further intimated that Nii Mantse doesn’t have a recorded or unrecorded song called ‘Killer Cut’, adding that the phrase Killer Cut’ forms part of Obrafour’s recorded song called ‘Ohene.’
 
According to him, the sample phrase ‘Killer Cut’ was taken from the song ‘Ohene’ that was composed by Obrafour.
 
“The record label that owns that master tape is called Execution which under normal circumstances should be the owner of the master tape and should have the primary right to sue and then deal with the rest of the interested parties,” he added.
 
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme