Ghanaian Hiphop star and co-founder of Chale Wote Festival Mantse Aryeequaye has argued that the sample his compatriot Obrafour is suing Canadian Drake over does not in fact belong to him.

Using the Twitter handle @Accradotalt, official account for the organiser of Chale Wote, Mantse declared that he voiced the said sample for Ghanaian legendary producer Edward Nana Poku Osei, alias Da'Hammer.

Subsequently, the "killer cut, blood" voice was used on Obrafour's 'Oye Ohene Remix' and other Hiplife records in Ghana, Mantse again said. 

Admitting that "Obrafour has interest in the matter," he contended that the 'Oye Ohene Remix' hitmaker does not have rights over the sample Drake used without due diligence for his 2022 hit Calling My Name.

"For the record, @iamobrafour filed a law suit to lay claim to my intellectual property without notification. Mike, I expect you to tell the truth about this matter or I will," Mantse tweeted.

"I've been trying to get you to meet my lawyers since @Drake released that song," he went on. "You cannot claim compensation on my intellectual property that you also didn't pay for. We can revert to what I suggested last year and keep it moving."

"Hello @Drake, the intellectual property more specifically the 'KILLER CUT’ sound which was sampled in your song "Calling My Name" belongs to me Mantse Aryeequaye and not to @IamObrafuo[r]," Mantse tweeted.

Categorically, Mantse stated that "rights to the said 'KILLER CUT' sound were never relinquished to @iamobrafour," but "was used by Edward Nana Poku Osei" who is known famously as Hammer the "producer for Obrafour's album, on Obrafour's song" as he also "did with others."

Mantse also directed Drake to "consult" his "lawyer Kofi Bentil [email protected] before you take any steps regarding claims for compensation for the use of the intellectual property of Mantse Aryeequaye."

Earlier today, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, news broke that Obrafour had sued Drake for copyright infringement and is expectant of a compensation of not less than US$10 million.

Obrafour's complaint – see here: https://t.co/v84eQUFxMz – is that Drake used a portion of his '2003' hit 'Oye Ohene Remix' without his permission.

The portion in question, indeed from said Hiplife song, captures star hypeman and businessman Mantse Aryeequaye saying "Killer cut, blood" and appears at the 0:54 time mark on Drake's Calling My Name, housed as track 6 on his Honestly, Nevermind tape.