Minor 7 Flat 5 recording artiste Smokie Benz is accusing Busy Signal of plagiarism. He claims that top flight deejay Busy Signal stole key words and phrases from his song Tick Like Clock, recorded in February 2008 for the European-based Minor 7 Flat 5 label to record his present-day hit song,Tic Toc.
"Mi record the song in February but never officially released it. Mi distribute it by mix tape in April, and mi get good response and now all of a sudden, mi hear Busy song in September, and him run go shoot video, him know wah ah go happen, mi dun talk to the lawyer already, mi caan allow him to get away with this one," Smokie Benz told one876entertainment
"The producer, Brotherman, was waiting on Beenie, and Sizzla to record to put out the riddim so mi have proof, the date is on the recorded files for the song and mi sure say Busy hear my song and him use it fi do his song and that is not right, worse is not the first time him do that to me. A couple of years ago, mi go Twins of Twins show inna the country, and do a song name Sub Machine, and a few weeks later, mi hear Busy go do the song, Heavy Machine, so is not the first time. It hurt me because when Busy song buss inna September, mi get 200 calls from people ah say Busy gone wid mi song. Mi low him wid Sub Machine but mi nah go low him wid Tick Like Clock because that song was recorded long before he copied my song to record Tic Toc, and that is not right."
One876 called Busy Signal's manager Shane Brown who denied ever hearing of the artiste Smokie Benz.
"Busy doesn't know anything about that, he would not do anything like that....I haven't even heard of Smokie Benz," he said.
Smokie Benz hit back by saying: "Dem no know mi, but dem know mi song though. Mi plan fi shoot my video soon and step up my promotion and mi ah go mek the public decide and the courts and mi lawyer decide if us not plagiarism."
You can check out Smokie's myspace at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=160721300
Contact Smokie at 468-3134
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