75-year-old Manu Dibango of Cameroon is suing Michael Jackson for use of a part of his 1972 song "Soul Makossa" as the riff on "Wanna Be Startin' Something" one of many hot, hot, hot tracks off his 1983 Thriller album. So how does Rihanna get in the picture???
She licensed the same hook from Jackson for "Don't Stop the Music" ( remember this:Mama se, mma sa ma makossa???????)but they did not go as far back as the original source, namely Mr Dibango.
Makossa means dance in the Cameroonian language Duala ...Take a listen to the original....to be fair he sings (mama ko mama sa ma makossa....
So here is a live version of the song...Im sure you want to know what Manu Dibango looks like although this footage was shot several decades ago....
Now Michael's version, written by Quincy Jones, sings Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa (swahili???) So I guess that will be their defense. Yes the song was influenced by Dibango's song but the lyrics are not exact.
Jay-Z sampled the beat of the song "Sould Makossa" for his song "Face Off" off the In My Lifetime Vol. 1 album. But that shit is seriously xxxxxx rated so I'm not gonna post here....Anyways, he's not facing a lawsuit so I guess he handled his handle!!!!!!!!
So a Paris court will on Feb. 17 make a decision on wether the case will move forward. Mr Dibango stands to win $600,000.
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