Apampa Oluwadamilola. Credit: IG | dammytwitch
Music video director-turned-filmmaker,Apampa Oluwadamilola popularly known as Dami Twitch, has said Nollywood producers can no longer use Afrobeats songs in films without securing proper clearance from rights holders.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Afropolitan podcast which started trending on Saturday, he explained that the shift is largely due to publishing and distribution deals many Afrobeats artistes have signed with foreign companies.
Twitch noted that a lot of Nollywood producers can’t afford the fees for securing legal use of Afrobeats songs in their movies unless they have investors supporting their projects.
According to him, these agreements mean that most songs are no longer fully controlled by the artistes themselves, making licensing more formal and often more expensive.
