“There Is Nothing Wrong With Sampling Songs” – Kidi Defends Kuami Eugene

KiDi, a Lynx signee and talented singer and songwriter who goes by the stage name KiDi, has spoken out against sampling songs and feels it is an important aspect of the music-making process.

During an interview with Berla Mundi, KiDi defended his label mate Kuami Eugene, claiming that copying songs and adding one or two verses as his own music project is not illegal.

He also argued that sampling is more than just taking a section of an original song and putting it in your own groove.

KiDi shared concern that artists in Ghana's music industry are untalented when sampling tracks. He went on to say his tracks have been sampled by a number of artists around the world, including Beyoncé and Michael Jackson.

For the first time, he admitted that his latest release, Touch It, is a sampled song from Musical Youths' Pass the dutchie.

A lot of musicians sample songs. Beyoncé and Michael Jackson also sample songs. Look at Kanye West, his album was sampled. It's an integral part of any music, he said.

Source: Dklassgh.com