Brand experts says Samthing Soweto is risking his credibility

Slikour says publishing rights mean you have the rights to the words put on the song and you are due to royalties.

He adds that master rights mean one has control over a song.

“If tomorrow a brand wants to use the song, firstly the permission must come from someone, who has control over the song, who is the master rights owner. However, you might find that the brand wants a lyric from the song, the person with the publishing rights can say, no you cannot use my lyrics because they have the rights to say that.”

Slikour says while Maphorisa may own the master, Samthing Soweto also has the right to his voice and the lyrics used.

He adds that the master right owner is able to remove the lyrics from a song, in the wake of the dispute between Maphorisa and Samthing Soweto.

Samthing Soweto has responded to Maphorisa saying he scored an own goal by admitting that he paid for his own masters.

Ladies and Gentlemen here it is – @djmaphorisa confirms that I paid to own my work/masters. Which was the agreement we had vs what he said in his initial video where he stated that he gave me my masters. There’s nothing wrong in me wanting to own my work. https://t.co/h2v5Ebvfql

— Samthing Soweto (@samthingsoweto) September 10, 2024

Some members of the public have once again come out in Samthing Soweto’s defence, saying he is the first artist to directly speak out against DJ Maphorisa.

Samthing Soweto is one of those few artists who were brave enough to speak up about exploitation by some of these famous producers in the industry and I won’t be shocked if majority of them have gone through the same situation but some are surely afraid of speaking up because of… pic.twitter.com/uoHeLt4R9X

— Jabulani Macdonald ⚡️ (@Jabu_Macdonald) September 10, 2024