It had earlier been rumored that Wande Ojosipe popularly known as Wande Coal had left Mavin Records to his own record label Black Diamond.
The management of Mavin Records has released a press statement stating the departure of Wande Coal.
“It is with deep regret that we officially announce the departure of recording artist Wande Ojosipe, popularly known as Wande Coal, from Mavin Records due to irreconcilable differences.
Over the past few months, Mavin Records has made a concerted move to consolidate its position in the Nigerian music industry. Mavin has pursued a renewed ethos to raise its standards of quality and professionalism to a world-class level. Wande’s vision has not aligned with ours and a few months ago all parties mutually agreed that a separation would be the best course of action.
Legal parties on both sides have spent the past six months trying to reach an amicable solution in terms of musical property rights. However, the decision by Wande Coal to release ‘Baby Face’ purportedly as his own material is a direct breach of intellectual property law and compelled an immediate clarification on our part.
Both Mavin Records and Wande Coal have enjoyed a remarkable run in the course of their working relationship. It is unfortunate that conflicting priorities contributed to the premature curtailment of a hitherto fruitful accord.
Mavin Records reaffirms its goal to constantly provide high quality music to our fans and introduce new and exciting talents into the industry.
We wish Wande Coal the best of luck in all his future endeavours”.
Signed
Management
Mavin Records Ltd
A few days back Don Jazzy called Wande Coal out on twitter due to the release of the controversial single “Baby Face” stating that Wande stole his song.
See tweet below :
some minutes later Wande Coal replied Don Jazzy on twitter.
Another reply from Don Jazzy below:
Below is Wande Coal’s version of the single Baby Face
