Pretoria born South African rapper and songwriter Lehlogonolo Mataboge, professionally known as A-Reece has categorically denounced the album A Sotho Man With Some Power!
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“It is with great annoyance and disappointment that we have come to learn of an album released by an entity only known to us currently as ‘2018 Rubber Band Gang’ under the name of rapper Lehlogonolo Mataboge, professionally name A-Reece.
“Not only does this album infringe on A-Reece’s copyrights by what we believe to be illegal duplication of previously released music but it has also been maliciously and intentionally titled to create a professional rift with colleagues in the industry,” reads a statement issued by Katlego Malatji of TailorMade Legal Solutions – on behalf of A-Reece.
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The statement further reads that A-Reece wishes to categorically denounce the album A Sotho Man With Some Power as a fake body of work which could only have been released as a result of cowardice and opportunism.
“We have reached out to Apple Music and our distributors to ensure that the project is taken down as a matter of urgency,” reads A-Reece’s statement.
The statement states that A-Reece’s team will also take all possible steps to ensure that the perpetrators of this unspeakable abomination are brought to task.
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“In the interim, A-Reece requests all his fans and the public to refrain from downloading or entertaining the album in question as it lacks legitimacy,” concludes A-Reece’s statement.
A Sotho Man With Some Power topped the trends list on Friday with fans calling on A-Reece to release new music.
In February 2020, fellow rapper Nasty C announced that Zulu Man With Some Power will be his third studio album following his 2016’s Bad Hair debut and 2018’s Strings and Bling.
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His supporters also complained that his debut album Paradise, released in 2016 under Ambitiouz Entertainment was nowhere to be found under Apple Music, alluding to the fact that he left the stable and it might have been removed by the previous record label.
A-Reece went on to release his second studio album From Me To You And Only You to celebrate the anniversary of Paradise. In 2018 he released an EP titled And I’m Only 21 – Reece is one of the most streamed local hip hop acts.
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See the statement below:
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