Originally owned by Nigerian hypeman, Goya Menor and Ghanaian record producer Nektunez, the jam that has the line “chill with the big boys” samples ‘Ameno’ by French new-age musical project Era.
Licensing Issue: Spotify won't chill with 'big boys', removes Ameno Amapiano
Global tech music streaming platform, Spotify, has removed trending song ‘Ameno’ the Amapiano Remix from its streaming platform over licensing issues.
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According to copyright laws, before sampling any form of intellectual property, the owning party of the property is expected to be in the know and contacted first for the sample to be cleared.
The removal of the club banger by Spotify is coming after the song became a global hit, topping charts on several streaming platforms especially after TikTok pushed it with video challenges.
Currently, the hit song has been removed from Spotify due to the possibility of copyright issues.
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Spotify is a Swedish Audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.
It is said to be one of the world's largest music streaming service providers, with over 381 million monthly active users, including 172 million paying subscribers, as of September 2021.
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