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The last two years have been a blur for Master KG. Jerusalema, featuring Nomcebo Zikode, was his hit single in 2020, and it was heard and danced to all over the world. At the time, he was signed to Open Mic Records, which, like the hitmaker, benefited from the single’s global success.
However, it is the same single that has brought the record label into disrepute in recent months. First, it was due to a legal battle in which featured vocalist Nomcebo Zikode sued the record label and Master KG over the song’s royalty and crediting rights.
At the time, it seemed that Master KG was in support of the record label as it was presumed that he had shares in the record label. However, when Open Mic and Makhadzi had their own drama, Master KG stood with his on-and-off girlfriend instead of the record label.
The Sofa Silahlane hitmaker could do so as he did not have a stake in the record label. However, at the time, he did not make the matter clear. Therefore, the perception that he had a share in Open Mic has been perpetuated, as his name was dragged into the court battle between Zikode and Open Mic.
Master KG distances himself from Nomcebo and Open Mic
As previously reported:
“According to court papers seen by ZAlebs, the Jerusalema vocalist has sued Open Mic Productions over the removal of her Grammy-nominated song Bayethe from Spotify.
The song was released in September, and it features Wouter Kellerman and Zakes Bantwini. Bayethe is nominated for Best Global Music Performance at the Grammys.
The court documents reveal Nomcebo’s claims that, “the takedown notice and the conduct of the respondent as set out below constitute: an injurious falsehood, an unlawful and intentional interference with my and the second applicant’s contractual and/or property rights and unlawful competition.”
But when entertainment journalist, Phil Mphela reported on the matter on Twitter, he suggested that Open Mic belongs to Mater KG hence the ongoing legal battle is between him and Zikode. A fact which Master KG wanted to clear up by asserting that he has his own independent record label, Wanitwa Mos Entertainment, which has nothing to do with the current legal dispute between the two aforementioned parties.
Well my label is Called Wanitwa Mos Entertainment And it recently Dropped New fire EP Called Wanitwa Mos Exclusives please write about that..this one here is outside my Territory https://t.co/o0R243xiUN
— MASTER KG (@MasterKGsa) December 14, 2022
Mphela, instead of admitting that his reporting was more suggestive than conclusive in terms of Master KG’s involvement. He appears to have chosen not to risk being dragged for yet another inaccurate report.
As a result, he did not issue an apology or add a thread to his initial post to highlight the inaccuracies of implying Master KG in the matter. Instead, he simply retweeted Master KG’s corrective tweet as well as his promotional post about the release of Wanitwa Mos Entertainment’s joint project Wanitwa Mos Exclusives. A sign that Master KG should not wait for Mphela’s public apology, which does not appear to be coming anytime soon.