Shallipopi accused of sampling SpongeBob SquarePants’ theme song

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Up-and-coming singer, Shallipopi faces accusations of sampling the theme song of an American cartoon series, SpongeBob SquarePants barely hours after releasing his album. On Friday morning, Shallipopi released a 13-tracked album titled Presido La Pluto, making it his first in his music career.

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Shallipopi However, the album has since come under heavy backlash from music critics who condemned the singer for playing with their intelligence. Many accused Shallipopi of going below the belt and in particular, sampling the famous theme song of an American cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Shallipopi’s Presido La Pluto album It is worth noting that this isn’t the first time the singer has been called out for sampling songs. He was once called out on the same issue on his hit track, Oba Pluto. Reactions trailing the new album of Shallipopi omi.irabor said: “Deaf people should thank their God.” iam_daniella461 stated: “Rubbish Õmõ this guy hin use Evian for this music thing lol. He even thief E don burst from one upcoming.” prguy_ wrote: “dude just copy wrong thing up and down 😂 the album be like wetin them use kun Kun beat produce, every noisy.” debrightfghuslerdc penned: “Na bad music una sabi for this country werey people 😂.” me_kasa said: “Una dey forget say na still kid wey dey grow.” Watch the video below …

Kusssman Calls Out Davido And His Newly Signed Artist Logos Olori Over Alleged Song Sampling

Kusssman Calls Out Davido And His Newly Signed Artist Logos Olori Over Alleged Song Sampling

In recent news, a popular social media influencer known as Kusssman has caused a stir online after accusing Nigerian music superstar Davido and his newly signed artist Logos Olori of sampling a song without permission or paying royalties. The song in question is titled “Ahead Ahead,” and it is allegedly the intellectual property of Kusssman’s artist Shallipopi, Gist Reel gathered.

Kusssman took to Twitter to make the accusations and shared video clips of Shallipopi singing his song “Ahead Ahead” while comparing it to another video of Davido and Logos Olori doing a track together, which he claimed was inspired by his artist’s work. The media personality went further to call out Davido and Logos Olori, stating that the act of sampling without proper clearance or compensation is unacceptable and disrespectful to the original creators of the music. The allegation has since caused a major conversation among fans of Nigerian music, with many taking sides on the issue. Some fans have shown their support for Kusssman and Shallipopi, while others have defended Davido and Logos Olori, stating that sampling is a common practice in the music industry. It is not yet known if Kusssman plans to take legal action against Davido and Logos Olori, but the accusations have certainly caused a stir in the music world. Mean while, the issue of copyright infringement and intellectual property rights has been a contentious one in the Nigerian music industry, and this latest incident is sure to add fuel to the ongoing debate. See below;