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Music giants EMI of South Africa have become the latest to take advantage of Botswana group, Culture Spears' signature track, Kulenyane.
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However, Culture Spears are yet to get a cent from the House super group, although the Botswana group's official has told Showtime that they are still pursuing the matter, after Bujo Mujo released the hit song without their permission.
Despite the fact that the song was released almost five years ago, EMI have borrowed the song and used it in the latest Solly Moholo release, Tshwara Mo o ratang mfundisi.
Kabelo Mogwe of Culture Spears says they have been paid very well for the copyright for the song by EMI. In fact in the album, the company has acknowledged that the music and lyrics were composed by members of Culture Spears, namely Kabelo Mogwe, Thembeni Ramosetheng, Magdeline Lesolebe and Solomon Molokoane, and published by Culture Spears. They have also acknowledged that the song includes a sample of Kulenyane performed by Culture Spears.
In Solly Moholo's version of Kulenyane, the character in the song , Kulenyane is a Zion Christian Church (ZCC) man who travelled to South Africa and started wreaking havoc in another man's home. Moholo also adds his own invention in the song, warning the character that he will chase him to the Botswana border.
Mogwe, the Culture Spears' front man, says they have been very happy with the way EMI and Moholo have conducted themselves in the project. In fact, the company has invited Culture Spears to star in the forthcoming video for Moholo's version of Kulenyane.
" The only hitch is that Moholo wanted me personally to act as Kulenyane, something which I'm uncomfortable with because Culture Spears' fans know me as someone who hates Kulenyane's naughty behaviour.
But I'm confident we will find a way to participate in the EMI version of our song," said Mogwe. Meanwhile, Mogwe has also disclosed that their last album , Khudu, earned them a fortune in ring tones alone.
Mogwe revealed that Orange cell phone company paid them P60, 000 for the ring tones hardly two months after the album was released. Orange, said Khudu, was the fastest selling ring tone.
"We provided them with only three songs, and it has been amazing how the fans appreciated the music. Obviously we are paid just a fraction, since the money has to be distributed among ourselves, Mudhut studios, who make the ring tones, as well as Orange.
But the fact that after all we were given a P60, 000 cheque, indicates the ring tones for Khudu were snapped up by tens of thousands of Orange subscribers," he said.
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