Kuami Eugene Denies Stealing ‘Confusion’ Song — I Took Inspiration From Sidiki Diabate

Kuami Eugene is in hot waters.

The fast-rising musician has been accused of stealing his new song.

Kuami Eugene recently dropped a new song, ‘Confusion’. The song has garnered a lot of attention as his other songs.

Allegation Of Theft

The song and its accompanying music video bear a striking similarity to a song by Malian composer Sidiki Diabate. Therefore, this has led to accusations that Eugene ‘stole’ the Malian’s song.

However, the young Lynx entertainment star has responded to the allegations. He claims he was inspired by Diabate, rather than stealing his song.

Moreover, other inspirations which went into his song included Kojo Antwi and Daddy Lumba.

Kuami Eugene’s Statement

“Ghanaians must note the fact that, my song has the feel of Kojo Antwi’s “Dadie Anoma”, Daddy Lumba and also an inspiration from Sidiki Diabaté song ‘Fais moi Confiance‘. So I didn’t steal the song, I only took an inspiration from them and credited all of them in the song. That is the definition of creativity.” 

“Ebony took an inspiration from Daddy Lumba’s song “Poison” and composed her hit song “poison. Also, Nigeria’s Wizkid sampled VIP’s “Ahomka Womu” and came out with “Manya”.  That doesn’t mean they stole the songs , they are only paying respects to the legends.

“To me what really makes an artist is researching to be able to give your fans variety of music. That is why Kojo Antwi releases highlife today and reggae tomorrow. This is because Ghanaians gets fed up with one stuff. However, picking a vibe from Kojo Antwi, Daddy Lumba and Malian artist enriches the song and gives the song a Mailan feel as well as Ghanaian feel. At the end of the day, the song is a highlife song and that is why I credited them by writing highlife music to the world.”