Seyi Vibez, a fast-rising street-pop artist from Nigeria, has come under fire for not giving credit to a Muslim cleric whose words he allegedly used in a song.
On December 29, 2022, Seyi Vibez used prayer recordings that a particular cleric had posted on the social media app Tik Tok in a post that was shared on Twitter by a user with the handle @dammieadammie35.
The cleric claims that he recorded the prayers that are heard in the first few seconds of the song “Kun Faya Kun” on Seyi Vibez’s most recent album, “Billion Dollar Baby,” which is available in the album’s deluxe edition.
The prayer on the recording, most of which borders on luck and a flight of fancy to the point where it’s comical, asked for a variety of financial blessings.
Not Seyi Vibez’s first time around: Since the release of his album “Billion Dollar Baby,” which saw the song “Chance” become a fan favorite, Seyi Vibez has been on the rise.
Seyi Vibez did not give any producers credit in the album, which is a practice among Nigerian musicians.
He also included a sample of the classic hit song “Eji Owuru” by Shola Allyson, which he apparently forgot to clear and had to take out in the remastered version.
Nobody can predict whether Seyi Vibez will retract and then credit the offended cleric with an apology. Furthermore, it is still unclear whether the cleric plans to file a lawsuit against the quickly gaining Street-pop sensation.
