Obrafour is suing Drake for $10 million after he sampled the rapper ‘Oye Ohene’ without permission.

Legendary Ghanaian rapper Obrafour is suing Canadian rapper Drake for performing a 2003 remix of “Oye Ohene” on the song “Call My Name” from his album Honestly Nevermind.

In New York court documents, Obrafour said he violated his rights by taking Drake’s music without permission.
“Despite the fact that one or more of the defendants contacted Obrafour to get permission from Obrafour to use their profession of attorney in the crime, the defendants announced the unlawful activity on 17 June 2022.”

The phrase “Obrafour was not authorized. The license to use the evidence was granted and the work was published only the next day” was read.
The Ghanaian rapper claims Drake and other defendants profited from his work after “Call My Name” was published.
So far, in just 304 days since the release of crime artifacts, ”

“ has been played more than 4.1 million times on YouTube, 47,442,160 times on Spotify and tens of millions of times on Apple Music. The breach was used by the defendants in other ways, including live performance, to generate massive international traffic and sales across multiple platforms.
for which Obrafour claimed no less than $10,000,000 in damages. Law No.
also seeks a “directly or indirectly prohibited, reason, reason, facilitation decision by the defendant and his attorneys, employees, officers, agents, successors, licensors, partners and together with or together with all relevant parties”. support, promote, promote and/or participate in the violation of Obrafour’s protected rights.”