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Somnyama Music Entertainment (Pty) Ltd

South African company named as the sound recording copyright claimant on Blxckie releases from October 2025, after the Def Jam Recordings copyright notices stopped.

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Somnyama Music Entertainment (Pty) Ltd is a South African private company named as the sound recording copyright (P-line) claimant on releases by Durban rapper Blxckie from October 2025 onward, including his gold-certified album 4LUV2 (February 2026). The name carries the same SOMNYAMA alias the artist uses in his own release announcements, and copyright notices from July 2026 pair it with global distributor EMPIRE.

No shareholding or incorporation record for the company has been located in a public registry, so its ownership cannot be independently confirmed beyond the artist’s own naming of it as his recording vehicle. It has no confirmed website; its footprint is limited to phonogram credit lines and trade coverage of Blxckie’s releases.

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