A COUPLE of weeks ago, news broke about the
alleged theft of the single, “I’m A Fan” by rising
American pop star, Pia Mia. The song, released
on May 26, 2017, featured on Phyno’s most
recent album, “The Playmaker.” It featured
Jeremih under Interscope. However, torrents of reactions have since
followed the alleged theft on social media with
many observing that there are striking
similarities between the two songs, in terms of
the beat, chorus, hook and other visible
elements. Last Friday, songwriter, T Cole, to
whom the credits of “I’m A Fan” originally
belonged to, tweeted that only Pia Mia has the
authorised version of the song.
“I wrote the original demo of “I’m A Fan” and
pitched it to various artists. I worked with Pia
Mia and Jeremih on the track and their song is
the only version authorized,” he revealed. T Cole
has refuted any claims that Phyno originally
owned the song “I’m A Fan”, stating that he
actually pitched the demo to various artists.
Meanwhile, firing back, Nigerian rap star,
Monday, posted receipts of his chat with T Cole
to set the record straight. As a matter of fact,
Phyno retorted with screenshots of his WhatsApp
chat with T Cole which implies the songwriter
knew about the song which is contained in
Phyno’s ‘The Playmaker’ album.
The rap star released his version of the ‘disputed
song’ in November, 2016 while Pia Mia dropped
hers in May, 2017. Now, the question on the lips
of many is, who is the original owner of ‘I’m A
Fan’?
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