In July this year, the DJ and Open Mic productions were issued summons for alleged copyright infringement.
In court papers filed at the high court in Pretoria last month, and seen by TshisaLIVE, musician Presley Lebogang “Biblos” Ledwaba and Ntimela Chris “Charmza The DJ” Chauke claimed to have created Jerusalema.
It further states that Master KG allegedly invited both Charmza and Nomcebo to his recording studio to work on a new song, only to instead record what would become Jerusalema. It alleged the star has since performed and profited off the song, in alleged violation of Biblos and Charmza's copyrights.
Open Mic Productions later served a notice of intention to dispute the claims.
Responding to news of the summons, Master KG suggested his accusers were clueless: “They can't even spell my name well because they don't know f**ol. I am looking forward to you reporting the outcome of the case, if there is going to be any.”
Open Mic also dismissed the claims, labelling them “defamatory and vexatious”.
“It is inappropriate to pass allegations as facts — allegations which are not yet tested in court.” the company said.
“The appropriate thing to do is to wait until such time that Biblos and DJ Charmza take the stand to speak to their case and Open Mic will have an opportunity to disprove the claims made by them.”
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'This one is outside my territory': Master KG on Nomcebo suing Open Mic
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Kgaogelo “Master KG” Moagi has refuted claims that he's been served by Nomcebo Zikode, saying her battle with his former record label is outside his “territory”.
This amid the singer taking legal action against recording company Open Mic after her Grammy-nominated song Bayethe featuring Wouter Kellerman and Zakes Bantwini was taken down on Spotify.
Nomcebo Zikode takes Open Mic to court after it gets 'Bayethe' taken off streaming service
A Twitter user took to the timeline alleging Nomcebo was “suing Master KG's label”.
The Jerusalema star responded to the report setting the record straight.
“Well, my label is called Wanitwa Mos Entertainment and it recently dropped a new fire EP called Wanitwa Mos Exclusives. Please write about that. This one here is outside my territory,” he wrote.
In July this year, the DJ and Open Mic productions were issued summons for alleged copyright infringement.
In court papers filed at the high court in Pretoria last month, and seen by TshisaLIVE, musician Presley Lebogang “Biblos” Ledwaba and Ntimela Chris “Charmza The DJ” Chauke claimed to have created Jerusalema.
It further states that Master KG allegedly invited both Charmza and Nomcebo to his recording studio to work on a new song, only to instead record what would become Jerusalema. It alleged the star has since performed and profited off the song, in alleged violation of Biblos and Charmza's copyrights.
Open Mic Productions later served a notice of intention to dispute the claims.
Responding to news of the summons, Master KG suggested his accusers were clueless: “They can't even spell my name well because they don't know f**ol. I am looking forward to you reporting the outcome of the case, if there is going to be any.”
Open Mic also dismissed the claims, labelling them “defamatory and vexatious”.
“It is inappropriate to pass allegations as facts — allegations which are not yet tested in court.” the company said.
“The appropriate thing to do is to wait until such time that Biblos and DJ Charmza take the stand to speak to their case and Open Mic will have an opportunity to disprove the claims made by them.”
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