Africa Music Law™

I conducted this interview a few years back with Wale Ewedemi who is now founder and Director of Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria. The article has since been republished on many platforms and has also been licensed and reproduced in [...]

Kanye (‘Ye) West loves Nigerians. Good look ‘Ye. He is now working with D’Banj, Don Jazzy and Nigerian DC/Maryland based music producer DJ Teffler. Nigeria got talent, it is what it is. *#Juststatingtheobvious* However, I gotta say, Kanye, don’t pull [...]

It appears the older generation of artists, (late 20s and above) in Nigeria’s relative young music industry, now understand the need to pass the baton and create a strong legacy for themselves, their families and the music industry as a [...]

Yesterday, the public became aware of the official divorce between artist Mo’Cheddah and record label KnightHouse. For many industry insiders, the whispers had been ongoing, the drama known to some but now it is officially in the open. In line [...]

Folks, I saw Estelle’s cover on D’Banj’s ‘Oliver Twist’ and I kept wondering what happened to her vocals. Estelle is a talented singer but what she did on D’Banj’s ‘Oliver Twist’ simply did not cut it, at least for me. [...]

As Nigeria’s music industry prepares to wrap up 2011, I wondered when I would see an “AWESOMELY” cool music video from our artists. We all know Nigeria is capable of shooting picture quality music videos. That is now old news. [...]

CNN’s Inside Africa profiles Nigerian music megastar2Face/TuFace. Relevant to www.Africamusiclaw.com, 2Face says, “the respect for intellectual property is still very, very, very low.” I agree. Indeed it is why I launched this website, the first of its kind. I believe [...]

I have covered music licensing in the past but will republish, in the nearest future, even more on music licensing that should help you all. What is a License? A license is a limited permission you the artist or record [...]

The latest news making rounds on Nigerian blogs  is that of an alleged recent signing of young and hot artist Davido to Black Diamonds Promotions Record Label. The deal is said to be a multi-million Naira deal and comes with [...]

Artists, be careful what you do in desperation for fame. Anything you do can and will be used against you in the court of public opinion, and depending on the facts, a court of law. Here in the USA, there [...]

As Nigeria’s music industry continues to grow, there becomes an increased need to tighten all aspects of how the industry does business, especially where concerts are involved. Where concerts are involved, both effective live performance agreements and glitch free executions [...]

“Peter and Emmanuel Ajayi a.k.a The Ajayi Brovas have left the Alapomeji Records and now operating their own company – ‘Sistas Brovas‘ in patnership with NuGreen Media Entertainment Outfits. Ajayi Brovas have not been living with the singer 9ice for [...]