Entertainment

Producer Alleges 6ix9ine Paid $900 To Remove Copyright Claim

Published

4 years ago

June 9, 2020

Tekashi 6ix9ine made an epic comeback to the music scene with ‘GOOBA’ following his prison release. The music video did great numbers on YouTube but it appears he’s having copyright issues with the beat of the hit song.

We reported earlier that “GOOBA” music video was removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim from a Kenyan producer Magix Enga.

Magix is not credited on the song but he claims that the entire intro of the record should be attributed to him. “Some guys called me and they were like, ‘You took the song down and we want to pay you and you put the song back as quick as possible ’cause he’s Tekashi,’ the producer said.

View this post on Instagram

Cc @hiphopsrevival

A post shared by BeatKing (@magix_enga) on Jun 5, 2020 at 9:26am PDT

“And I was like, ‘OK. So, how much do you offer?’ And the guys, they say they want to offer 100 Gs, which is $100,000 Kenyan money. And I was like…I was 50/50 about that, but I decided to forgive the guy and take the money, but the next day I was like, hm…I need the credit. So, yesterday, I refunded the money.”

100,000 Kenyan shilling equals just over $900 in America as reported by XXL. The allegations have since been disputed by 6ix9ine’s team, who claims that the uncredited beatmaker was never paid.

“We investigated this claim and found that it was fraudulent,” reads a statement to XXL. “No monetary settlement was offered by anyone in our camp.”