Yewande Coker Vinka’s Sony Music Africa Credit Ran From August 2019 to April 2023. Her Own-Label Releases Have Credited Swangz Avenue Ever Since, With No Announcement From Either Side. September 16, 2026
Yewande Coker BNXN’s Phonogram Credit Has Read ‘T.Y.E. / EMPIRE’ Since October 2021. Neither Label Has Ever Described What the Arrangement Is. September 16, 2026
Yewande Coker Warner Music Group Partnered With Ghana’s Small World Records in 2023. Nearly Three Years On, Not One Release Carries a Warner Credit. September 16, 2026
Yewande Coker Mdundo and Davido Music Worldwide: the May 2021 catalogue licence announced to Nasdaq, confirmed in one audited report, and never named again September 16, 2026
Kwame Mensah OSN Raises Its Anghami Buyout Offer to $3.75 a Share. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Own Contract for the Company Above It Prices the Music Business Separately. September 15, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sony Music Entertainment Africa Did Not Buy Benjamin Dube’s Catalogue. Dube Connection Owns It, and Sony’s Exclusive Distribution Credit Already Sat on 17 Releases Before the 2026 Deal. September 15, 2026
Yewande Coker Zlatan’s Zanku Records Tried Three Distributors in Nine Months. For the Five Years Since, Every Release Has Read ‘Exclusive License to ONErpm.’ September 15, 2026
Yewande Coker Patoranking Signed With VP Records/VPAL in 2015. His Masters Have Carried Three Different Distributors Since, and None of the Later Moves Was Ever Announced. September 15, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Called Its 2026 Ferre Gola Catalogue Deal an ‘Expansion.’ His Own Credit Line Had Already Made Sony a Distributor, Not a Label, a Year Earlier. September 15, 2026
Yewande Coker Wegz Signed With AWAL Middle East. His Own Label Still Owns the Masters. September 15, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Mercy Chinwo’s Masters Carried EeZee Conceptz on 19 Releases to September 2021. Since March 2023 the Credit Reads GNT Nation, Under Exclusive Licence to MAD Solutions LLC. September 14, 2026
Yewande Coker Focalistic Started His Own Label in 2020. Its Phonogram Credit Named Vth Season Twice, Then Never Again. September 14, 2026
Kwame Mensah GoDigital Named Afrobeats a Target When It Raised $230 Million in November 2025. Neither of Cinq Music’s Two African Deals Since Has Named a Price. September 14, 2026
Yewande Coker Spyro Signed With The Cake Bizness in 2024. His Records Have Never Named It. September 14, 2026
Kwame Mensah HYBE and Tyla’s Managers Form a Joint Venture, and No Money Changes Hands On the Record September 14, 2026
Yewande Coker Wande Coal Signed With Starstruck Management and EMPIRE in 2019. His New Album King Coal Names Neither. September 13, 2026
Yewande Coker Who Owns DJ Maphorisa’s Masters? Blaqboy Music, New Money Gang and Sony’s Shifting Credits September 13, 2026
Yewande Coker Live Nation Entertainment acquires a controlling interest in Big Concerts International, 2016 September 13, 2026
Kwame Mensah NATIVE Networks Limited, the Company Behind Def Jam’s African Joint Venture, Was Dissolved by Companies House in November 2024. Seni Saraki Is Its Only Disclosed Controller. September 13, 2026
Yewande Coker Dapper Music & Entertainment Ltd Is 75 Per Cent Controlled by One Person, Damilola Joseph Akinwunmi, on the UK Register September 13, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Publishing West Africa Said the Fuji Legends’ Catalogue Had “Found a New Home” in August 2024. The Company That Says It Manages Barrister’s Works, and Cleared Every Sample, Is DMCE. September 12, 2026
Yewande Coker Sinach’s ₦5 Billion ‘Way Maker’ Lawsuit Ended in July 2026. The Ruling Covers Authorship, Not the Publishing Deal Nashville’s Integrity Music Has Held Since 2019. September 12, 2026
Yewande Coker SkhandaWorld, Universal Music South Africa and Skhanda Republic: The Deal Record September 12, 2026
Kwame Mensah Anghami Signed Amr Diab to a $10 Million Exclusivity Deal in 2022. The Contract Collapsed to $1 Million by 2023, Then Sony Acquired His Catalogue. September 12, 2026
Yewande Coker MTN’s Next Afrobeats Star Promised a $100,000 OneRPM Deal for Ten Months. Winner Ayo Benzi Got ₦150 Million, a Figure the Page Never Once Used. September 12, 2026
Yewande Coker Harmonize Says He Paid Up to TSh 600 Million to Leave WCB Wasafi in 2019. Six Years On, Ziiki Media Still Credits 22 of His 31 Pre-Departure Songs, Not Him. September 12, 2026
Yewande Coker Vector Signed to Def Jam Africa at Its May 2020 Launch. No Release Checked Since Has Ever Carried the Credit. September 11, 2026
Yewande Coker Blaqbonez’s Masters Have Carried Chocolate City for Eight Years Without a Break. Who Owns 60 Per Cent of the Label Is Still Unknown. September 11, 2026
