Blackface Speaks on Why He is Suing 2Face Idibia
Following his recent outburst concerning alleged intellectual property theft, Ahmedu Augustine popularly known as Blackface has revealed that he and his legal team are working on taking his former Plantashun Boiz group member, 2Baba to court.
Speaking in a recent interview, Blackface said he believes that the court would help him recover all that he is entitled to since 2Face and his team has decided to ignore him. “My legal team and I are working to recover what belongs to me. When I accused them, they lied and said it’s unfortunate. I said they took my song and then even said maybe my account was hacked. Well, if you thought so why didn’t you pick up your phone and call? But no, they won’t because they wanted to steal it and it backfired, and they trying to act ‘holy’ so they make flimsy excuses. 2Face and his manager planned all of that. 2face sang my song, Let Somebody Love You and featured an American artiste Bridget Kelly. His manager published it without my permission. Till today they haven’t deemed it fit to tell the world that they tried to ‘assassinate’ my character in the media but that couldn’t be justice and they know. So, the court is our only option as they keep avoiding meetings thinking that with time it will all fade off. But, they know not what tomorrow holds and neither do I.”
The singer who recently released his sixth studio album titled Defender said he has not enjoyed any royalty from the monstrous hit, Africa Queen which was written by him. “All the facts about those will be known soon because there is so much unfinished business around the song since its release till date. And all the royalties will have to be traced and paid to whom it’s due. It’s a huge song and I always thought it will be that big when we (Plantashun Boiz) used to sing it for fans under the trees in 201 Road in my late uncle, Captain Moses’ retired, place in Festac Town. Nobody had that sort of melody or style at that time, so it was bound to be a hit.”