Popular music producer, Mark Okraku Mantey
has spoken extensively on the widely trending
issue of Sarkodie sampling the 1999 hit
song,’Kokooko’ by the late Daasebre
Gyamenah.
An earlier report by this website stated the
producer’s desire to take the ‘RNS’ hitmaker to
court for copyright infringement.
This portal, www.entertainmentgh.com, again
monitored attentively as the award-winning
producer shared his sentiments on the issue
to Andy Dosty on Hitz 103.9FM.
Ownership of song
Mark stated that, he was the producer,
executive producer of the song, and was also
the manager for Daasebre at the time the
song was made.
He also pointed out that, Daasebre is the
composer of the song but the studio
production and executive production of the
song by his (Mark’s) label, Slip Music, makes
the song a property of the label.
“I was in charge of the entire production of
the song. I produced the song with Zapp
Mallet and Daasebre just provided the lyrics,”
he said.
Royalties
Mark disclosed that he has been taking
royalties for the original song as the executive
producer while Daasebre was also taking for
his role as composer until his unfortunate
demise.
His Demands
‘I am not looking for money from Sarkodie,
but I think that, as industry folks, we should
learn to do the right thing and show respect
to each other. At least, there could have been
some placement of a call.”
“Some time ago, Sarkodie’s name was
mistakenly used by Charterhouse for an event
and he nearly ‘killed’ somebody. He was on
twitter raving and ranting and verbally abused
George Quaye, Communications Director for
Chartehouse.”
Impressions of new Song
The very meticulous and critical producer
stated that, he is not impressed with the
rendition of the 1999 banger.
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