Amaka Nwosu Concord Music Publishing Signed Amaarae to a Worldwide Publishing Deal in 2023. Her Masters Sit With Her Own Golden Angel LLC, Not Concord. August 31, 2026
Yewande Coker Universal Bought 70 Per Cent of Kenya’s A.I Records in 2018. Eight Years On, the Masters Still Sit in the Kenyan Company. August 31, 2026
Yewande Coker King Promise’s Masters Moved From a Ghanaian Label to a Sony-Backed One in 2020. What Happened to the Earlier Catalogue Isn’t on Record. August 31, 2026
Yewande Coker Warner Music Signed Joeboy’s Young Legend to a Global Distribution Deal in 2024. By 2026, the Copyright Line Stopped Naming Warner. August 31, 2026
Yewande Coker Kabza De Small’s Piano Hub Has Been Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Africa Since 2019. Two Recent Releases Flip the Credit Line. August 30, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Trade Press Calls Uncle Waffles an Encore Recordings Signing. Her Own Copyright Line Says KO-SIGN Distributes Through Encore, Not the Other Way Round. August 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Ziiki Media Signed Nadia Nakai in November 2023. Her Masters Trail Shows Four Labels in Nine Years. August 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Gallo Music Publishers Signed Zimbabwe’s Kingsley in February 2026. His Own Kountry Klub Records Keeps the Catalogue. August 30, 2026
Yewande Coker ONErpm Signed Bright Chimezie for Distribution in July 2025. Apple Music Now Runs Two Different Copyright Lines for the Same Catalogue. August 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Davido Signed to Sony Music’s RCA Records in 2016. His Own Company’s Copyright Line Has Read Sony Music UK Since 2018. August 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Rema’s Masters Are Credited to Two Companies: Mavin Global Holdings and Jonzing World Entertainment. UMG Named Virgin Music Group as His International Distributor; His Catalogue Names Interscope. August 29, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Bien Signed With Sol Generation for a Reported Ksh 50 Million in 2021. He Co-Founded the Label That Signed Him. August 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Ayra Starr’s Masters Sit With Mavin Global Holdings. Whether Republic Records Distributes or Licenses Them Depends on Which Release You Check. August 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Black Sherif’s Management Said He Kept ‘Absolute Ownership’ of His Masters When He Signed With EMPIRE in 2022. Every Phonogram Credit Since Names Empire Too. August 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Licensed Catalogue to Nigeria’s Josplay. Nothing Was Sold, and the Announcement Files a Publisher as a Label August 29, 2026
Kwame Mensah Stonebwoy Signed ‘Global’ Deals With Def Jam in 2022 and Warner’s ADA Worldwide in 2024. His Own Burniton Music Group Has Never Left the Copyright Line. August 29, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Kobalt Signed Omah Lay to a Worldwide Publishing Deal in 2022. His Masters Carry a Sire Records Credit No Party Has Publicly Explained. August 28, 2026
Yewande Coker Nyashinski Signed a ‘Historic’ Recording Deal With Sony Music in 2025. The Copyright Line Says Exclusive Licence From His Own Company. August 28, 2026
Yewande Coker InterSpace Signed a Rotor Videos Deal With LyricFind in August 2026. It’s the Third Distributor Wired Into the Tool Since a 2023 Rescue Sale. August 28, 2026
Yewande Coker Kizz Daniel Said He Got His New Era Masters Back From G-Worldwide in 2025. Apple Music’s Copyright Line Still Says G-Worldwide. August 28, 2026
Yewande Coker Def Jam Recordings Signed Nasty C in March 2020 via a Universal Music Africa Joint Venture. His 2025 Album Free Shows He Left. August 28, 2026
Kwame Mensah Avex USA Publishing and Coup D’Etat Music Signed Victony to a Publishing Joint Venture in 2023. The Entity That Signed Him No Longer Exists Under That Name. August 28, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sony Music Publishing Signed Ghana’s E.L in February 2026. His Master Recordings Were Not Part of the Deal. August 28, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sony/ATV Signed D-Black to a Global Publishing Deal in 2020. The Label Deal He Announced Alongside It Never Surfaced. August 27, 2026
Yewande Coker Tresor Bought Back His Own Masters From Vth Season in 2024. Apple’s Catalogue Credits Corroborate It. August 27, 2026
Yewande Coker Universal Music Group Signed Tiwa Savage in 2019. By Late 2022, Her Own Everything Savage Copyright Line Showed She Was Gone. August 27, 2026
Yewande Coker Cinq Music Signed a Distribution Partnership With Kenya’s Soul HQ in August 2026. No Money Changed Hands on the Record. August 27, 2026
Kwame Mensah Cinq Music Group’s D’Banj Catalogue Deal Was Announced as an Acquisition in July 2026. Neither Side Named What Rights Changed Hands. August 27, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sony Music Publishing Signed Ghana’s Lynx Entertainment in June 2024. The Label It Signed No Longer Manages Any Artist. August 26, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Trade Press Reported Asake Signed a Distribution Deal With gamma. in 2025. His Copyright Line Has Read EMPIRE on Every Release Since. August 25, 2026
