Elijah, the gospel singer who is alleging rights over the song and accusing Willy Paul of dishonesty, claims he has taken legal action over the matter. Willy Paul says he is yet to be served with the summons. Just what is all this mystery surrounding the biggest gospel hit right now all about? We sought to know. Like most artistes anxiously craving to have their name blow up to A-list celebrity status, gospel artiste Elijah Prince had an idea; a concept and storyline for his breakthrough hit.
And in his collabo plan was DK Kwenye Beat and Willy Paul. "I had the song's concept well outlined. And DK Kwenye Beat the Sari Sari hit singer, who was my friend, agreed to be part of the song, provided I catered for all the expenses," Elijah tells Pulse. Evidently, DK Kwenye Beat was ready to feature in Elijah's song based on the gentleman's agreement made before going to the studio. But Elijah further suggested that Willy Paul, who had previously done the Sitolia hit alongside Gloria Muliro, be invited to feature in the song thanks to his lyrical prowess, or so the story goes. Elijah had no close ties to Willy Paul. DK took the task to invite Willy Paul to studio and brief him about their song, Kitam. At Dr Eddy's studio in Kiambu where the artistes were to record their soon-to-be-hit, every artistes wrote their verses with Willy Paul offering to do the catchy chorus that included the words Kipenzi Kitam. That was how the word Kitam was settled upon as the song title, the story goes on. "If you ask me, that was great team effort and we were all proud of the initial demo, and consequent Kitam audio that Dr Eddy gave us," DK Kwenye Beat reveals. "Everything was going according to plan and we were set to shoot the video last year. However on the planned date Willy Paul suggested that we postpone the video shoot to a later date. The next thing I heard was that he had his own rendition of music called Tam Tam," Elijah Prince says.
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Sunday, 28 September 2014
Willy Paul's 'Tam Tam' gone sour
Gospel singer Willy Paul has been accused of 'stealing' the lyrics to his new hit single Tam Tam (remix) but he says he stole no one's song even as his accuser says he has gone to court over the controversy. Willy Paul dares him to bring it on. A fresh gospel divide could be building and as SHEILA KIMANI observes, Tam Tam is no longer all that sweet an affair Even as gospel diva Size 8 distances herself from the drama surrounding the Tam Tam hit, her now popular collabo with Willy Paul, the controversial Willy Paul is daring his accusers to bring it on.
Elijah, the gospel singer who is alleging rights over the song and accusing Willy Paul of dishonesty, claims he has taken legal action over the matter. Willy Paul says he is yet to be served with the summons. Just what is all this mystery surrounding the biggest gospel hit right now all about? We sought to know. Like most artistes anxiously craving to have their name blow up to A-list celebrity status, gospel artiste Elijah Prince had an idea; a concept and storyline for his breakthrough hit.
And in his collabo plan was DK Kwenye Beat and Willy Paul. "I had the song's concept well outlined. And DK Kwenye Beat the Sari Sari hit singer, who was my friend, agreed to be part of the song, provided I catered for all the expenses," Elijah tells Pulse. Evidently, DK Kwenye Beat was ready to feature in Elijah's song based on the gentleman's agreement made before going to the studio. But Elijah further suggested that Willy Paul, who had previously done the Sitolia hit alongside Gloria Muliro, be invited to feature in the song thanks to his lyrical prowess, or so the story goes. Elijah had no close ties to Willy Paul. DK took the task to invite Willy Paul to studio and brief him about their song, Kitam. At Dr Eddy's studio in Kiambu where the artistes were to record their soon-to-be-hit, every artistes wrote their verses with Willy Paul offering to do the catchy chorus that included the words Kipenzi Kitam. That was how the word Kitam was settled upon as the song title, the story goes on. "If you ask me, that was great team effort and we were all proud of the initial demo, and consequent Kitam audio that Dr Eddy gave us," DK Kwenye Beat reveals. "Everything was going according to plan and we were set to shoot the video last year. However on the planned date Willy Paul suggested that we postpone the video shoot to a later date. The next thing I heard was that he had his own rendition of music called Tam Tam," Elijah Prince says.
Elijah, the gospel singer who is alleging rights over the song and accusing Willy Paul of dishonesty, claims he has taken legal action over the matter. Willy Paul says he is yet to be served with the summons. Just what is all this mystery surrounding the biggest gospel hit right now all about? We sought to know. Like most artistes anxiously craving to have their name blow up to A-list celebrity status, gospel artiste Elijah Prince had an idea; a concept and storyline for his breakthrough hit.
And in his collabo plan was DK Kwenye Beat and Willy Paul. "I had the song's concept well outlined. And DK Kwenye Beat the Sari Sari hit singer, who was my friend, agreed to be part of the song, provided I catered for all the expenses," Elijah tells Pulse. Evidently, DK Kwenye Beat was ready to feature in Elijah's song based on the gentleman's agreement made before going to the studio. But Elijah further suggested that Willy Paul, who had previously done the Sitolia hit alongside Gloria Muliro, be invited to feature in the song thanks to his lyrical prowess, or so the story goes. Elijah had no close ties to Willy Paul. DK took the task to invite Willy Paul to studio and brief him about their song, Kitam. At Dr Eddy's studio in Kiambu where the artistes were to record their soon-to-be-hit, every artistes wrote their verses with Willy Paul offering to do the catchy chorus that included the words Kipenzi Kitam. That was how the word Kitam was settled upon as the song title, the story goes on. "If you ask me, that was great team effort and we were all proud of the initial demo, and consequent Kitam audio that Dr Eddy gave us," DK Kwenye Beat reveals. "Everything was going according to plan and we were set to shoot the video last year. However on the planned date Willy Paul suggested that we postpone the video shoot to a later date. The next thing I heard was that he had his own rendition of music called Tam Tam," Elijah Prince says.
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