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    2 Mins ReadApril 10, 2025

    Davido To Appear In US Court Over Alleged Soundtrack Theft

    By Amina MohammedApril 10, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Nigerian music artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been summoned by a United States federal court to appear in New York within 21 days to respond to allegations of intellectual property theft and breach of settlement, following a lawsuit filed by four Nigerian artists.

    According to court documents filed at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs, Martins Chukwuka Emmanuel, Abel Great Umaru, Kelvin Ayodele Campbell, and David Ovhioghena Umaru, accused Davido of stealing their 2022 song titled ‘Work’ and using it to create his 2024 track ‘Strawberry on Ice’.

    The legal filings claimed that the plaintiffs shared the demo of ‘Work’ with Davido in January 2022, hoping for a collaboration to boost their exposure in the music industry.

    Instead, they alleged that Davido took the song without permission and collaborated with Sierra Leonean singer Emmerson Amidu Bockarie, known professionally as Emmerson, to recreate the track, incorporating both instrumental and vocal elements from the original demo.

    Davido was named in the suit alongside Emmerson, Carlos Jenkins, Matthew Quinney, Marques Miles II, and Wynn Records, the music label responsible for publishing and distributing ‘Strawberry on Ice’.

    In an attempt to resolve the matter out of court, the plaintiffs claimed they eventually reached Davido after several months and entered into a settlement agreement on March 14, 2025. The agreement stipulated that Davido would pay the group a sum of $45,000 and grant them 40% of the compositional royalties and 20% of the sound recording royalties for ‘Strawberry on Ice’.

    However, Davido allegedly failed to meet the payment deadline of March 24, 2025, prompting the plaintiffs to initiate legal action on April 4.

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