Peter Okoye otherwise known as Mr P of P-Square group, has been called out by singer, Henry Knight for allegedly copying and remaking his song without proper credit.
On Tuesday, 7th May, 2018, Henry Knight via his Instagram page had posted a message accusing Peter Okoye of content theft.
Henry Knight released a lengthy post, expressing his disappointment at Mr. P and other superstars who he said rips-off younger artistes. He also put out details of his songs like the release date, the name of the producer and claimed that Mr. P ‘copied the hook of the song’ without giving him due credit.
He cited the instance of Davido and how he credited Teni for writing his 2017 hit single titled "Like Dat", using it to admonish Mr. P.
In the message, the singer said, ''Everyday in the Nigeria Music Industry, most of the biggest artistes who never for once help you even when you reach out to them in growing time of need for a collaboration or any other, tend to get away with ripping you off and making profit out of your property.
Dear Peter okoye @peterpsquare I released a song called Ebano on the 8th of August 2015, with hard earned money which was produced by TeeMode, you copied the hook of the song without any form of royalty that is required or any form of credit to me.
Henry knight is not all about this drama, I had to do this, because this is not the first time something like this is happening.''
Henry Knight who is known for his Olopa 2.0 remix with Yemi Alade, Di'ja and Joe El had released a single titled Ebano in August 2015.
On the 4th of May, 2018, Peter Okoye had released his single, Ebeano.
