Lagos-based law firm Creative Legal, acting on behalf of 960 Music Limited, served Warner Music Group with a formal notification demanding it immediately suspend all distribution, marketing, monetisation, licensing, synchronisation, and any other commercial exploitation of Burna Boy’s debut album L.I.F.E (2013) and his 2016 follow-up Redemption.

Warner was given seven days to respond in writing. That deadline has passed. The global distributor has said nothing at the time of this report. “They are yet to concede to our demands,” a lawyer at Creative Legal told Netng. “Ordinarily, they are supposed to acknowledge the receipt of that letter and abide by what we stated. They have not done that.”

“There are two things we intend to do,” a spokesperson from Creative Legal told Netng. “The first is that they can be added as a co-defendant. The crux of this matter still links with Warner Music. If a matter is in court, all actions on that subject matter should ordinarily be suspended until the conclusion of the matter. If they continue to enjoy rights over a subject matter that is in court, that would defeat the purpose for which the matter is in court.”

“They risk liability of being added to the suit, so that an injunction order can be placed against them to restrain them from continuing the unlawful distribution of the Burna Boy albums