Yewande Coker MetroBeatz RSA’s Phonogram Credit Names Sony Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd From 29 May 2026. His Label of Record Is Sound African Recordings. No Terms Are Disclosed. September 11, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Universal Issued Two Zahara Compilations Under a Flat “UMG Recordings, Inc.” Copyright Line. All 12 Recordings on Them Come From Albums Credited to TS Records and CCP. September 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Def Jam and NATIVE Records: the joint venture behind Odumodublvck’s catalogue September 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Simi Signed With Platoon in 2020. Her Own Catalogue Shows AWAL Holding the License Since 2022, and Platoon Nowhere. September 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Gallo Music Investments Bought 45% of Content Connect Africa in 2021. No Document Says Who Sold It. September 10, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Kenya Fixed the Ring Back Tune Split at 52 Per Cent for Artists in 2022. In March 2026 the High Court Left the Middlemen Collecting It. September 9, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Fireboy DML’s Masters Carried YBNL Nation Alone Through His 2019 Debut Album. Every Release Since Has Read ‘YBNL Nation / EMPIRE,’ a Deal Olamide Calls a Joint Venture, Not an EMPIRE Signing September 9, 2026
Yewande Coker Ibraah Left Konde Music Worldwide in May 2025 Without Paying the TSh 1 Billion Release Figure. Sixteen Months On, His 2020 to 2024 Masters Still Carry the Label’s Credit. September 9, 2026
Kwame Mensah Jon Muq’s Masters Carried Easy Eye Sound for Three Years. His New Single Credits Shake It Africa, a Label He Co-Founded With His Manager. September 9, 2026
Amaka Nwosu A Johannesburg court stopped Ambitiouz raising ownership disputes against Blaq Diamond with DSPs. The order only covers songs authored from 15 June 2022 September 9, 2026
Amaka Nwosu AKA’s Masters Have Carried the Vth Season Credit for All but Two of the Last Thirteen Years. His Death in 2023 Did Not Move Them. September 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Ruger Signed to a ‘Sony/Columbia’ Joint Venture in 2021. The Company on His Records Was Run by Columbia’s Own President, and Sony’s Stake in It Quietly Ended in 2023 September 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Vuga Music Signed Its African Rights to Sheer Publishing Africa in April 2025. Universal Had Already Agreed to Buy Sheer’s Parent Four Months Earlier. September 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Warner Renamed Its North Africa Distributor in an SEC Filing. It Never Announced the Rename. September 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Cassper Nyovest’s Family Tree “Signed With Universal” in November 2018. The Copyright Line on His 2014 Debut Already Said So. September 8, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Zinoleesky’s Masters Carried Marlian Music for Seven Years. Since April 2026 the Credit Reads Zinodict Music, and Naira Marley Has Never Confirmed the Split. September 8, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Qing Madi’s Masters Are Credited to Nigeria’s JTON Music Under Exclusive Licence to Bu Vision LLC on 15 Releases. Columbia Records Runs an Artist Page and Appears on No Credit Line. September 7, 2026
Kwame Mensah OSN Streaming Converted $55m of Anghami Debt Into 67 Per Cent of the Company in December 2025. The Filings Give Two Different Conversion Dates. September 7, 2026
Yewande Coker A Lagos Court Froze N1.2 Billion Meant for Nigeria’s Copyright Levy in February 2026. No Source Has Reported Who Wins It. September 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Black Coffee Bought a Stake in Gallo Music Investments in 2020. The Only Source That Ever Priced It Was Owned by the Seller. September 7, 2026
Kwame Mensah Apple Inc. Has Controlled Platoon Ltd Since 6 December 2018. Platoon Is the Named Label on Records by Pheelz, Amaarae, Mr Eazi and Kwesi Arthur September 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Labelheaded Signed Its Publishing Administration to Downtown Music Publishing Africa and Its Distribution to FUGA, Three Months After Universal Bought Both September 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Crayon’s Masters Carried Mavin Global Holdings and Blowtime Entertainment for Six Years. Since March 2026 the Credit Reads Olodum Ent, a London Company Nine Weeks Old. September 6, 2026
Amaka Nwosu A South African Court Ordered Electromode to Pay Musa Keys R463,050 in 2023. It Also Ruled He Was Never Free to Leave the Deal. September 6, 2026
Yewande Coker A 2016 Report Said Universal Took 51 Per Cent of Kalawa Jazmee Through a Company Called Tacwise. Oskido, Mahoota and Universal All Called It a Rumour. September 6, 2026
Yewande Coker 960 Music Group Bought Close to 40% of Hypertek Digital and Aristokrat Music in 2013. It’s Now Suing to Undo a Sale It Says It Never Approved. September 6, 2026
Kwame Mensah LN-Gaiety exited Afro Nation: Live Nation’s UK vehicle transferred its 40 per cent to Helios-backed Malachite Group September 6, 2026
