Yewande Coker Sauti Sol Announced Leaving Universal in 2022. Their Copyright Line Said Otherwise September 18, 2026
Yewande Coker Ms Gideon Signed to Sony Music Africa in January 2026. The Credit Line on Both Her Releases Since Names a South African Company, Not a Namibian or Pan-African One September 18, 2026
Yewande Coker Tems Owns The Leading Vibe UK Limited Alone. It Has Not Appeared on a Release Since Her 2021 RCA Deal. September 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Spaceship Incorporated Limited and Spaceship Publishing Limited Are Controlled by Burna Boy and His Mother, UK Register Shows September 17, 2026
Timaya’s DM Records Has Switched International Distributors Three Times Since 2020. None of the Switches Were Announced September 17, 2026
Didi B, 92i Africa and Universal Music Africa: A 2021 Signing, a 2024 Lawsuit and a 2026 Settlement September 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Waka Music Limited Licensed 18 Wendy Shay and Fameye Releases to ONErpm Between 2023 and 2025. The Credit Reads ‘Exclusive License’, Not a Sale. September 17, 2026
Yewande Coker Mayorkun’s Masters Were Licensed, Not Sold. Every Release Since 20 August 2021 Reads ‘Sony Music West Africa, Under Exclusive Licence From Avante Digital Concepts’ September 17, 2026
Niniola Signed With Kobalt for Publishing in 2017. Her Masters Have Answered to One Label the Whole Time, and Its Co-Owner Just Died September 16, 2026
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
