Nigerian musician , Kcee and his
brother , E - money have been dragged to
court by a prominent Catholic music
composer , Sir Jude Nnam .
Nnam sued the duo for alleged
Copyright infringement.
Their music label , Five Star Music is
also a Defendants in the suit .
Nnam is seeking “ A DECLARATION that
the copyright , as well as the ownership
rights to the song titled ‘ SOM TOO
CHUKWU ’ which was surreptitiously
included in the music album titled
“ CULTURAL PRAISE VOL . 1 by the 3 rd
Defendant without the Plaintiff ’ s
consent or authorization , is vested in
the Plaintiff by Virtue of his composing
the said song in the year 2001 .
It would be recalled that Kcee released
an Okwesili Eze Group- assisted single
titled ‘ Cultural Praise Vol 1 ’ in
December 2020 while a sequel was put
out in January 2021 .
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Jude Nnam had , however , in the suit
alleged that Kcee copied his lyrics for
the song .
A check on Kcee ’ s previous singles
revealed ‘ Som Too Chukwu’ was a
quantum leap in his streaming figures.
There are insinuations that Kcee was
approached by Nnam in January before
the release of the song ’ s sequel.
Mr . Jude wants the court to compel the
defendants to jointly and severally
render an account of the profits ,
income , and benefits generated from
the adaptation , production , distribution,
sale , advertisement , marketing , and
performance of the titled “ SOM TOO
CHUKWU ” from December 2020 till
judgment and the sum of N 150 , 000 , 000
as general damages.