Tug of war erupts between labels over hot Nomcebo

Source: Sowetanlive, by Emmanuel Tjiya

A big fight has erupted between two record labels Open Mic Productions and DJ Tira’s Afrotainment over Jerusalema vocalist Nomcebo Zikode.

The tug-of-war is over the song Nguwe from the 21 Years of DJ Tira album that Zikode is featured on without apparently not getting the proper approval from her record label Open Mic Production.

Lionel Jamela, co-owner of Open Mic, confirmed to Sowetan that their lawyer had issued a legal letter to Tira demanding that he takes down the song from all music platforms – including radio and album – and stop marketing it.

“As a company that is managing Nomcebo and has signed her we have decided that we cannot allow anyone to release a song featuring Nomcebo now while we are focused on pushing her as a solo artist,” Jamela said. Tira confirmed to Sowetan that he received the letter on Monday and he was in the process of responding to it.

“Yes those are some of their demands and I’m responding to all of that so that we can find common ground,” Tira said. “I think there was a breakdown of communication between me, Nomcebo and them (Open Mic).

“I was dealing with Nomcebo a lot, but she was also supposed to finalise things with them. We all need to come together and sort out whatever issue we have.” Zikode said she was not aware of any dispute over the song. “I don’t know anything about what you are saying. What is the problem with the song?” Zikode asked.

Pic: Nomcebo Zikode’s Instagram