TRUTH SPEAKS ABOUT JOEY B SAMPLING

Fast rising African rapper and songwriter,
TRUTH , released couple of jaw breaking singles
in the 2014, with the song ‘NOKWARE’ produced
by Dare and released on the 19th of August,
2014. Fast forward to the 18th of December,
2014, JOEY B released his OTOOLEGE song with
beat and rhythm from the same samples of
‘Nokware’. The artiste in this interview with us
has stated that his argument isn’t to create
discourse on issues that affect the Ghanaian
music industry but he feels he cannot bear it
any more than to speak out.
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Happy New Year to you. How will you say 2014
impacted your life as a rapper from Africa?


Happy new year to you too, well you know 2014
was a learning experience. It wasn’t easy and it
will never be easy. You know trying to bring out
something new is always challenging so in 2014, I
decided to study a lot by listening to new stuffs
and even though I am a rapper I just don’t
just rap, I like to write songs too so I listen to
different kinds of genre of music and different
kinds of musicians like Youssou N’Dour, Fela
Kuti, Jimie Hendrix etc… So in 2014 it was all
about working and learning and it didn’t stop
there I’m still doing that so that I can bring out
the best all the time.

What and what did you do right and wrong in
the last year?

I won’t say there is something I did wrong last
year but since I wanted people to accept my new
style I went through a lot of experiences which I
did learn something from them, because when
you are less patients it puts pressure on u which
will make your decisions have emotions in them,
which is not right. Before I met the right people
am working with now, there are some people I
met before and I think they were wrong for my
career but now everything feels right.
You churned lots of banging singles in 2014, how
well did the public accept you with your kind of
style?

When I dropped my style out there at first
people were like we can’t hear what he says and
he talks about stuffs that will offend people but
I continued to show them what I got because I
knew one day they will accept it and God being
so good they did especially with my song
“NOKWARE” which is still making an impact.

You are gradually becoming the toast of every
young person on the street with your kind of
songs; does it sometimes get into your head?

knowing that your name is expanding?
I don’t let compliments get into my head
because every single day I feel like I have
someone else to impress but I do appreciate it a
lot when someone tells me he/she likes what I
do.

Recently there was a gist in town that Joey B
used your beat or song, can you share what
really happened?

You know when I heard that I was like “hold up”
musicians do sample different songs all the time
so if Joey did that on his single “Otolege” it is
not such a big deal but yeah Joey did take some
part of my composition which he should have
given some credit to me but since he didn’t it
doesn’t feel right so yeah that’s the only issue
but apart from that am cool with it and it even
tells how far that song “NOKWARE” is making an
impact so yeah is cool.

Do you feel bad that people use others work
without duly accrediting the original owner?

Sampling others song is not a bad thing, we all
do it every musician does it but not giving credit
to the owner or consulting them first might not
be the right thing to do.

What is the way forward for you in 2015?

As I said I did learn a lot 2014 and did a lot of
work too so this year is all about putting great
works out there and achieving a lot.