Sauti Sol’s Polycarp has allegedly come
forward to deny claims that the ‘Sura Yako’
chakacha track was stolen from a fellow
musician ‘Parroty Masharifu’.
Polycarp, whom Parroty alleged to have
given the track in the hope of getting a
collabo with the band, refutes ever meeting
or knowing Parroty before the accusations
surfaced.
Polycarp claims, ““I don’t know him and I’ve
never met him in person. Sauti Sol is a
creative group and we work hard for our
tunes. All he is seeking for is some cheap
publicity just to get a three-day fame. But
what he doesn’t know is that that fame will
disappear as fast as it comes. Alleging that
we stole a standard national genre from
anybody is total nonsense and stupid. I’ve
seen his video and he has talent. Tell him to
work hard and gain from that instead of
wasting energy on a cheap talk.”
Parroty on the other hand, claims to have
approached Polycarp with the track, citing
that it was saved on the latter’s laptop with
the promise to get back to him but it never
happened.
During an interview with WordIs he (Parroty)
claimed, “He saved the track on his laptop
and promised he would call me back to
discuss the collabo. But I never heard from
him or any member of the band again. He
refused to pick up my calls and I was
surprised to hear my track on their new
song.”
It is not rare to have this kind of scenarios
with various celebrities internationally after
they dropped hit tracks, most times they are
just a feeble attempt to break into the
limelight by playing victim, though on
several occasions, there have been really
honest victims involved.
The hard part is always proving who is
telling the truth especially when there is no
proof of prior copyrighting of the track by
the alleged victim or a copy of a written
agreement to verify the exchange. The case
becomes merely a ‘word of mouth’ where
not even the court can help.