Celebrated Ghanaian
gospel musician, Joe Mettle has shared his view regarding the copyright issue
between Team Eternity Ghana and Hallelujah Voices’ ‘Defe Defe’
The song
‘Defe Defe’ performed by Hallelujah Voices was written by Osuani Afrifa and
executively produced by Kwame Mickey for Kaakyire Music Productions. It was
released in 2004.
Kwame
Mickey, the executive producer for, Hallelujah Voices’ ‘Defe Defe’ accused Team
Eternity Ghana of infringing on his copyright by using the ‘Defe Defe’ line in
their latest song.
This
accusation has sparked debates on social media. While some argue that ‘Defe
Defe’ is not an expression created by Hallelujah Voices and therefore cannot be
claimed by them, others point out the similarities in the lyrics.
Expressing
his view on the cloying matter in an interview on Citi
97.3 FM, Joe Mettle stated,” This is part of the reasons that we are
losing a lot of old songs ..because some songs should not die must be recorded…
I also understand that permission needs to be done before sampling the songs
but you will search and search and won’t find the composer”
“So we are
losing a lot of songs.. so with this team Eternity issue they could‘ve solved
it amicably because it wasn’t the whole song it was just some part…We are
Christians we shouldn’t have let it get to this stage
The ‘Bo
nooni’ singer stressed, “My prayer is later when things are settled spits
have to be given…and later when it is given I hope the alleluia voice has a way
to get the split.”
Joe
Mettle will stage his 2024 Praise Reloaded Concert at the Accra Sports Stadium
on June
30.
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