Following the release of Ciara’s new song, ‘Freak me’, there has been a mild drama on Twitter over the similarity of this song with Tiwa Savage’s ‘Before nko’.
Nigerian pop star, Tekno who collaborated with Ciara on the song was also slammed for not pressuring Ciara to give Tiwa credit for inspiring the song.
After much pressure, Ciara finally acknowledged Tiwa for inspiring the song, which she did in collaboration with Nigerian pop star Tekno.
Shout out to @TiwaSavage on the inspiration and sample used in #FreakMe! She’s a beast! I fell in love with the melody when I first heard it in Africa 3 years ago ❤️??. So good. #AfroWave
— Ciara (@ciara) August 10, 2018
Ciara in her tweet noted that she was inspired by the melody of the song when she first heard it in 2015, also calling Tiwa a ‘Beast’.
“Shout out to @TiwaSavage on the inspiration and sample used in #FreakMe! She’s a beast! I fell in love with the melody when I first heard it in Africa 3 years ago ❤️??. So good. #AfroWave”.
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