According to NET, QuestionMark Entertainment
boss, Kelvin Luciano, has filed a N20m suit against
Kcee’s Five Star Music Label.
The suit was filed against singer Harrysong for
allegedly evading his contract with QuestionMark,
and against Five Star Music for entering into a
new contract with Harry Song despite knowing
that he was yet to serve out his contract with his
former label.
According to a statement signed by
Luciano, ’QuestionMark Entertainment was into
separate exclusive music recording, artist
management and music publishing contracts with
HarrySong in 2009. The obligations of parties to
the said contracts have neither lapsed nor have
they been fulfilled.’
However, reports reveal that the contracts, along
with all attendant rights and liabilities of the
parties thereto, therefore still subsist since the
contract was supposed to last for five years.
A source from QuestionMark’s camp disclosed that
before the suit, Luciano had expended all efforts
and means to reach an amicable settlement with
Harry Song and KCEE’s Five Star Music.
‘It is because of their nonchalant attitude that we
have decided to take the matter to court since
they were not ready to sit and talk it out,’ the
source, who requested anonymity, said.
Responding to the suit, Soso Soberekon who
doubles as an exec at Five Star Music and KCEE’s
manager denied receiving any court injunction on
the matter.
‘Kevin has been on this for a while but we are yet
to receive any court injunction about this
matter,’ he said.
He, however, admitted that negotiations are
currently ongoing to resolve the matter.
‘All I can tell you now is that we are currently
discussing how we can settle this matter amicably
without heightening it further,’ Soberekon said.
Harrysong is famed for writing KCEE’s hit song
‘Limpopo’ and for making the Nelson
Mandela tribute song that became the most
downloaded caller tune with over a million
downloads on the day of its release.
Kevin Luciaino and Qmark aren’t new to
controversies regarding contractual agreements
with their artistes. The likes of Asa, Street
Monks and most recently Ego (now called Safarie),
all left the label on controversial terms.
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