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 Paid Amr Diab $10 Million for Exclusivity 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 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
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
