The Malawi music scene is on fire again and this time it’s not about hit songs, but about copyright wars and stolen beats.
Just a Yesterday, it was Mercha versus Onesimus when Butter Baby’s team flagged Mercha’s song Koso on YouTube, accusing him of stealing the instrumental for Running Mate. The track was immediately pulled down, leaving fans in shock.
Mercha hit back on social media, saying he was unfairly targeted but later, it was revealed that both artists had used the same YouTube beat from a Ghanaian producer identified as Klasik Beatz without paying him.
In the end, both teams were forced to settle and pay the rightful owner, allowing their songs to have no copyright strike.
But just when fans thought the dust had settled, a fresh storm has hit. The brand-new track “Nyengo Zons