SA rapper, Moozlie, DJ Ganyani, and more blast Woolworths for removing SA music from their music playlists.
After news broke that music platform Woolworths had decided to play only songs without copyrights, many Mzansi artistes have called them out for their decision. Apparently, they have decided to pull all SA music from their playlists. This, of course, will affect the payment of royalties especially for independent artistes who make a huge amount of income from it.
Mzansi artiste, Ginger Trill first put the Woolies on blast via his Twitter account after the news broke. He was supported by independent artiste, Toya Delayze who revealed how much it would affect artistes like her and lead them to big label slavery. Moozlie, also an independent artiste, had many words to say about it, and so did DJ Ganyani and more.
Moozlie wrote,
“I’ve always had a lot of respect for the organizations we have in place to look after & protect the interests of artists in our country but I think it’s high time we start sharing information with not only more artists but consumers too.
“You don’t need a record deal to be registered at RISA. You don’t need a “plug” to know what CAPASSO is. You don’t need a manager to make sure you get your royalties from SAMPRA. And there are more I can mention but essentially… Artist, the power is in your hands,”
Being a rapper is cool & all but you can influence the game in an amazing way by putting yourselves in positions of power behind the scenes. So go to school kids! Study music law! Impact the way things are being run on a greater level! We need YOU!!
— #SpiritOfAnOG 🙏🏾💫 (@nomoozlie) February 18, 2020
It’s 2020 guys. When are we going to start respecting artists in this country?? If “the industry” won’t look out for us then we gonna need to stand together and look out for ourselves.
— #SpiritOfAnOG 🙏🏾💫 (@nomoozlie) February 18, 2020
No one is saying @woolworths_sa is breaking any laws by not playing local music to avoid playing royalties (which is actually a damn shame if we’re being honest) but let’s just be honest, THAT IS BIG CAP‼️ #PlayOurMusicWoolies
— #SpiritOfAnOG 🙏🏾💫 (@nomoozlie) February 18, 2020
