hehehe......While Nigerians slept, some American musicians stars shamelessly stole a song from Phyno and made it theirs.
The song ‘I’m A Fan’ which made it to Phyno’s last album ‘The
Playmaker’ which came out 6 months ago, where he featured Mr Eazi and
Decarlo, which wasn’t really popular but actually a nice song, was
copied by American pop singer Pia Mia who featured R&B star Jeremih,
and guess the title ‘I’m A Fan’.
The song is not a single, but an official single released by
Pia-Mia’s record label on her behalf, and she already promoting it
seriously.
Listen to the song below
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, Pia Mia and Jeremih stole
Phyno’s song where he featured Decarlo and Mr. Eazi, and made it theirs
with same song title.
Nigerians have decided to fight for their own, and they’ve all
assembled on Pia Mia’s Instagram page to bash, and further telling her
to acknowledge the owner of the or delete it from her page.
Here are some comments;
Read the full story about the record…
“The entire Nigeria is up in arms about a perceived theft of Phyno’s song by an American singer named Pia Mia.
The record in quote is a song named ‘I’m a fan’ which was released by
Phyno in 2016 as part of his “The Playmaker” album. Phyno’s version
featured Mr Eazi, and another relative newcomer, Decarlo. The song which
is an urban Carrribean fusion, has not been made a single by the
Nigerian rapper, but it is one of the critically loved records on the
project.
The song was produced by Benjamz.
On May 26, 2017, American singer and songwriter, Pia Mia, released a
version of the song which featured singer Jeremih. The similarities
between hers and Phyno were present from the start. Pia Mia employs the
same song title (I’m a fan’), extremely similar production, chorus, and
verse.
On basic inspection, they are the same song, but Pia Mia’s version was produced by Remo the Hitmaker.
The basic crowd mentality with singles in Nigeria is that whoever
releases it first owns the song, and very other version is a copy. And
that’s what’s been happening. Pia Mia has been dragged across Nigerian
social media as a thief, with fans and music enthusiasts accusing her of
blatant theft.
But here’s the story. Pia Mia did not steal any song. She didn’t take
Phyno’s record, neither did she appropriate the music. The true story
is way beyond her.
The story of ‘I’m a fan’ single began from Phyno, Jeremih and
producer Remo. According to verified sources close to Phyno’s camp, the
rapper was working on incorporating Island-ready production on his
sophomore album to tap into the international market. He was in talks
with Remo, who sent him the song to work with.
“The guy sent the song to us, and we wanted to work together, but
something happened and we couldn’t use it,” our source tells Pulse.
Due to issues regarding remuneration, clearances and demands, Phyno and
Remo did not work together. But Phyno liked the idea of the sound, so he
sought the help of producer Benjamz, who reconstructed the single, and
brought on Mr Eazi and Decarlo to collaborate and release the record.
Remo, who had totally abandoned the Phyno project, still has his music,
and so when Pia Mia tapped him and Jeremih for a new record, they had
this one ready-made for her to record and release.
These things are not uncommon. In 2014, Phyno’s ‘Authe’ record
featuring Flavour, and DJ Spinall’s ‘Gba gbe’ featuring Burna Boy
possessed similar melody and lyrics in the choruses. But it was also a
recording misunderstanding which was never taken to court. Both Burna
Boy and Flavour had worked on a song, which was never finished. So they
supplied it to other people.
So Pia Mia, did not steal a Nigerian song. Phyno and Remo had a misunderstanding, and the music has been duplicated.
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