Kuami Eugene has come under serious attack over the past few days for ‘stealing’ Malian artiste Sidiki Diabaté’s song ‘Fais Moi Confiance’ for his latest single, ‘Confusion.’
Sidiki’s song which was released in 2015 and Kuami Eugene’s ‘Confusion’, were both sang in the same key (B Flat Major), they have the same chordal progressions – and there are some traces of Sidiki’s melodies in the chorus of Kuami Eugene’s ‘Confusion.’
Speaking to Abeiku Santana on Okay FM, Kwami Eugene said he took an inspiration from 3 musicians to compose his ‘Confusion.’
“I picked some elements from Kojo Antwi’s ‘Dadie Anoma,’ and Daddy Lumba and also took inspiration from Sidiki Diabaté’s ‘Fais moi Confiance.’ I didn’t steal the song, I only took an inspiration from them and I even credited all of them in the song,” the Angela hit maker stated.
Kwami further noted that what makes a good artiste is the ability to research to serve their fans a variety of music.
He said he decided to pick bits and pieces of elements from Kojo Antwi, Daddy Lumba and the Malian artiste to give the song a Mailan and Ghanaian touch.
According to the former MTN Hit maker contestant what matters most is the fact that the song is highlife.
“At the end of the day, the song is a highlife and that is why I credited them by writing ‘highlife music to the world’,” he said.
Kuami Eugene is a singer, composer and music producer known for songs such as ‘Hribaba,’ ‘Boom Bang Bang,’ ‘Fadama Boy,’ ‘Ebeyeyie’ and ‘Angela.’
Watch Kuami Eugene’s ‘Confusion’ and Sidiki’s ‘Fais Moi Confiance’ below:
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Massa this one de3 u steal am ooooo!!!
MASSA WE HAVE ALL LISTEN TO THE SONG SO MY BROTHER TALKING BCOS YOU STOLE THE SONG.
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Just take this as a blip and work hard for your career. There's nothing like you took inspiration from the song. You copied 100% less the lyrics. You can do better than that. I know people will support you blindly without telling you the truth but that won't help you. Move on but be mindful of things of such nature.
Who cares? Is there anything original ? Keep Moving bro! Step on everyone u can!
But Kwami, jumper in this hot weather of Ghana, borkor de3?