The track became the foundational bedrock of entire music genres.

Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that becomes the foundation for an entirely new genre. It’s wild how a forgotten ...

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Music sampling in Nigeria: copyright ownership, sample clearance, licensing and royalty rights under the Copyright Act 2022.