Controversial Nigerian journalist Kemi Olunloyo has stated that Marlian Records head honcho Naira Marley owes Mohbad the sum of N300 million in unpaid royalties for his songs.
Kemi who made the revelation in a post on her official X handle said that her findings reveal that the late Mohbad was the major songwriter of the music label while he was still alive.
She stated categorically that Mohbad wrote almost 97% of all the songs at Marlian Music
Kemi wrote; “MOHBAD’S MUSIC ESTATE: After my research monitoring streams and the Imolenization CAC search, I discovered that Mohbad as of today is worth N700M roughy around $690,000.
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‘‘Naira Marley owes him N~300M in song royalties. On my X Spaces I mentioned the top 3 songwriters in Nigeria as Tiwa, Teni and the third person is actually Mohbad. Mohbad wrote almost 97% of all the songs at Marlian music.
‘‘Songwriters get royalties and I mentioned @SOCANFoundation as an example when I was a Canadian Grammy Judge @TheJUNOAwards”.
She added: “Mohbad complained that Naira Marley was holding his royalties and streaming revenues as well as downloads. They pretty much had a BAD BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. Artist developers are needed in Nigeria. Remove the drugs and cultism and the industry will be super global. As you can see Davido came to represent the brotherhood despite the fact that I warned him not to step in Nigeria. Only the intelligent can understand that part. Nobody speaks against the brotherhood. Most music industry label bosses and the ones at the top have largely been silent. They are all affiliated with the same cult. They can’t speak against Naira Marley.
MOHBAD’S MUSIC ESTATE: After my research monitoring streams and the Imolenization CAC search, I discovered that Mohbad as of today is worth N700M roughy around $690,000
Naira Marley owes him N~300M in song royalties????On my X Spaces I mentioned the top 3 songwriters in Nigeria as… pic.twitter.com/eVpqLVcVaQ
— Dr Olukemi Olunloyo (@Kemiolunloyo) September 21, 2023
