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ChristyB Records

Ivorian publisher claiming legal publishing rights to DJ Arafat's catalogue.

Based in
Côte d'Ivoire

ChristyB Records is an Ivorian music publishing and rights-enforcement company run by Christy B, who describes himself as the late DJ Arafat’s éditeur légal (legal publisher), holding publishing contracts with the artist from 2014 until his death in August 2019.

Christy B has used that claim to act against third-party releases of Arafat material, including securing the removal of the posthumous album “In Memory – DJ Arafat” from YouTube in November 2025. No publishing contract, court ruling or Côte d’Ivoire company registry record has independently confirmed the scope of his rights; this profile rests on his own, so-far-unchallenged-in-public account.

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