The ownership and rights of “Machala,” are the subject of an ongoing dispute between fast-rising skit maker turn singer, Carter Efe and Berri Tiga
Carter Efe & Berri Tiga Fight Dirty Over ‘Machala’ Song, Reveal It Is A 95 To 5% Ownership Ratio
The song was released on 29 July and was originally an ode to the music superstar Wizkid Ayo Balogun. The song debuted on the Afrobeats charts at number 14 out of 50.
The fallout between Efe and Tiga began when Berri Tiga, in an Instagram life, said, “I wrote and sang Machala 100 Percent”.
As a result of Tiga’s comment, Efe unfollowed Berri Tiga on Instagram and accused him of seeking attention.
In an Instagram post, he wrote, “You want public sympathy, and yet you want to be at peace with me at the expense of my integrity.”
Speaking further on the issue, the comedian revealed that to feature Berri Tiga on the track, he dropped another artist.
He said, “Hotkid get verse for Machala song; I tell producer X to remove it because Berri cry gives me say Hotkid go collect him shine for the song. Now you dey claim say na you get the song for Instagram.”
In an attempt to clear the air about the rift, Berri Tiga, in an Instagram video, revealed that he never wanted to talk about the issue. He, however, said he spoke because of Efe Carter’s remarks about him.
He revealed that he was offered a meagre deal of 5 per cent initially and was not carried along since the single’s release.
“We did a song; I sang the song from the beginning to the end, you dropped the song, you are not tagging me on your page, shows, you were not carrying me along. You offered me a 95/5%, you taking 95, me taking 5% for a song I sang from the beginning to the end”, he said.
The singer revealed that Carter sent a deal which included him not having the right to perform the song
The singer said, “I was like no, let Carter take 70 and let me take 30 since he was the one promoting the song”.
Berri Tiga also revealed that famous Skit maker Sydney Talker and Efe Carter called and offered to pay him off the song with N100,000.
The singer stated that blogs misinterpreted his statement in the Live video as a claim of ownership of the single.
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