Arriving with so much anticipation, Dope City Records premieres the first official single for its newly signed act “Yon Dutch”
Month: June 2016
Mickimasta – Kingin’
After the release of ‘LOVE YOU’, Harmonium entertainment act MICKIMASTA dishes out a street hop KINGIN produced by FREESPIRIT. A turn up song for every listener out there.
Download and enjoy
Dremo – Ojere
Arriving with so much anticipation, Davido Music Worldwide premieres the first official single for its newly signed act – DREMO
‘OJERE’ was produced by ADEY & sees Dremo in his signature style create an iconic Afrotrap rhythm & exciting lyrics using the street themed slogan.
DREMO broke out in 2015, releasing his sleeper hit song – ‘Normal Levelz’ & then ‘FELA’ his critically acclaimed cover for Desiigner’s Panda which rose to top many music charts nationwide. He was also featured on LA.X’s “OLE” alongside YCEE prior to unleashing his first official single today.
Phamouz – Make Me Feel
luminous Made Brother (LMB) Group is proud to announce the newest hit song to reach the airways by your favorite Singer . ‘PHAMOUZ‘ is a certain fan favorite.
Phresh – Saturday (Prod. By BrayneZee)
I know Y’all Have Waited So Long, For A New Tune From The Soro Crooner. He Has Been Working On The Visuals To His Hit Single Soro, But Can’t Release Yet Due To Management Issues. Actually He’s Here With A New One To Celebrate His Birthday He Titles This One “Saturday” Produced By BrayneZee.
Enjoy This Dope Tune!
Essentric – The Box (M.I Cover)
Sensational cover for M.I’s the box by Ballgang records official graphics designer…is Essentric another Adekunle Gold in a rappers form?, from a graphics designer to a rap act. I bet so many of you have seen dope designs from the HEDconcepts CEO…ya and now he just designed the box in his own words…sit back, download, listen and enjoy the box cover by Essentric, mixed and mastered by Ojan.
US Court Grants Injunction Against Singer, Runtown Over Battle With Record Label
On Friday June 3, 2016, Lydia Obasi Hills, Esq., a New York litigator and entertainment lawyer, secured a temporary injunction, on behalf of Eric Many, Ltd., in the Eastern District of New York against Runtown and his manager, Bugu Aneto Okeke,?barring all U.S. performances and appearances by the Nigerian pop star.
Runtown has been hit with a court injunction in the US, a new twist in the battle between him and his record label.
On Friday June 3, 2016, Lydia Obasi Hills, Esq., a New York litigator and entertainment lawyer, secured a temporary injunction, on behalf of Eric Many, Ltd., in the Eastern District of New York against Runtown and his manager, Bugu Aneto Okeke,?barring all U.S. performances and appearances by the Nigerian pop star.
Runtown and his lawyer, Abimbola Fakeye
Ms. Obasi Hills argued before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto, who found that “Nigerian music is on the verge of crossing over into North American popular music as demonstrated by Nigerian musical artist Wizkid’s performance on the number one single ‘One Dance’ by Drake,” and that the “totality of potential losses that EricMany will likely face from Runtown’s actions are incalculable.”? Judge Matsumoto found that a “Nigerian court issued an interim injunction dated May 20, 2016, that enjoins Runtown” and that it “will be virtually impossible to quantify the losses that EricMany will suffer if it is not affiliated with Runtown during this critical time for Nigerian music.”
Lydia Obasi Hills, Esq., a New York litigator and entertainment lawyer, secured a temporary injunction, on behalf of Eric Many, Ltd., in the Eastern District of New York against Runtown and his manager, Bugu Aneto Okeke.
Ms. Obasi Hills?presented evidence to the Court that Runtown was not only in breach of his record contract, but was also planning a U.S. tour, titled “Ghetto University USA Tour,” without the consent of his label, which would have been in violation of the May 20, 2016 Lagos Federal High Court injunction.? Ms. Obasi Hills also presented evidence that Runtown was making false and malicious defamatory statements against EricMany and its CEO, Prince Okwudili Umenyiora.? Judge Matsumoto ultimately entered an Order restraining and enjoining Douglas Jack Agu (Runtown), Bugu Aneto Okeke,??Bug Media Limited, and Bug Entertainment and Media Limited,?from “singing, appearing, hosting, performing, promoting, arranging, facilitating, scheduling, advertising or permitting the performance of Douglas Jack Agu “Runtown” at any venue on or after June 3, 2016.”
Runtown
According to Ms. Obasi Hills, she hopes “Runtown’s injunction sends a message to Nigerian artists that it’s important to respect the sanctity of contracts, and to work with their labels who often invest large sums into promoting their careers.”?Runtown sought to breach his contract with EricMany, Ltd., to which he was the sole artist on the label.
A screenshot of the temporary injunction, on behalf of Eric Many, Ltd., in the Eastern District of New York against Runtown and his manager, Bugu Aneto Okeke,?barring all U.S. performances and appearances by the Nigerian pop star.
Order Restraining Runtown from Performing(1).pdf
According to Ms. Obasi Hills,?“EricMany’s victory is a victory for all Nigerian record labels, which sends a clear message to all artists that a record deal is a binding agreement. It’s wrong for an artist to reap the benefits that signing to a label provides, only to leave thereafter to the detriment of the label, and after the artist has achieved fame and success in large part due to the label’s investments in the artist’s career.?
“EricMany has invested over $600,000.00 USD into Runtowns career and has yet to re-coup the totality of its investment.? While the media has been aflame with rumors that Runtown has left EricMany, the hope is that Runtown and EricMany will be able to settle their differences and enter into a new record contract, leaving the past in the past.”
The temporary injunction will lasts for a specified period of 10 days (June 3, 2016 ? June 14, 2016). On expiration, a hearing will be heard from all parties involved, with a view to getting a permanent one, or resolving the case out of court.
Ms. Obasi Hills, EricMany’s U.S. counsel, is also the founder of the Nigerian American Entertainment Alliance and currently serves as Vice President of the Nigerian Lawyers Association – the National Voice of the Nigerian U.S. Legal Community.
Reekado Banks – Standard
At this point, it is really hard to argue against Reekado Banks winning the Hiptv Nextrated artiste of the year over Lil Kesh, but maybe not over Kiss Daniel, but that’s a topic for another day. After delivering the monster smash hit song Oluwa Ni, Reeky Tom Tom returns with another scorching single titled Standard which was produced by Altims The song is a solid follow-up to his last single, has all the makings of a potential hit song and may just wind up at the top half of the charts, check it out below.
Instrumental: Matisco X DamzyOnDeBeatz – Tangle
Here’s A Freebeat By DamzyOnDeBeatz, Download & Enjoy
See Full List Of Nigerian Artistes Who Have Left Their Record Labels in 2016
The year 2016 has been a very busy one for Nigerian music. The industry has been plagued with a high occurrence of beefs, drama, and many more.
Top amongst these are the good old label struggles between records labels and their signed artistes. This clash which usually pits arts against business has had an unusually high occurrence of label splits, wrangles, and lawsuits,.
Futa Unplugged, travels through the industry, and presents you with all the top artistes who have had issues with their record labels, and have in one way or another taken steps to exit the label.
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