Nigerian Afrobeats superstar and label boss of Empawa Africa, Mr Eazi, is calling out Puerto Rican rapper and singer for an alleged unlawful sample of a song by one of his artists Joeboy.
On Monday, 6th February 2023, Mr Eazi in a tweet called out Bad Bunny saying:
“Yo @sanbenito you need to tell your lawyers to stop messing around and clear that Joeboy rip-off on your album.”
Yo @sanbenito you need to tell your lawyers to stop messing around and clear that Joeboy rip off on your album
— Genius (@mreazi) February 6, 2023
Mr. Eazi went ahead to share links to the songs under contention with additional text saying;
“Badbunny @sanbenito in case you are not sure what song I’m talking about… Ain’t no way you produced and sang an Afrobeat record lol”
Badbunny @sanbenito incase you are not sure what song I’m talking about
Joeboy song – https://t.co/K6Cx2au7eZ https://t.co/nbstmxjieP ( Your song )
Ain’t no way you produced and sang an Afrobeat record lol
— Genius (@mreazi) February 6, 2023
Bad Bunny who recently brought a slice of his homeland to the 2023 GRAMMYs stage with a pair of tracks from his latest album, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti,’ which made history as the first Spanish-language album nominated for Album Of The Year is yet to respond to the accusation.
In May 2022, Bad Bunny released “Enséñame a Bailar” off his album “Un Verano Sin Ti” whereas Joeboy‘s “Empty My Pocket” was released a year earlier in June.
Mr. Eazi and Bad Bunny first worked in 2019 when the former appeared on the latter and J Balvin’s surprise collaborative mini-album Oasis uniting afrobeats and urbano.
