In a few years, Joé Dwèt Filé has established itself as one of the most talented tube makers of his generation. Born in Montreuil, this Franco -Haitian singer – whose real name is Joé Gilles – has bathed in Afro -Caribbean culture, and in particular Konpa. Chaining collaborations and then creating his own group, he then launched his solo career, crisscrossed the roads of France and internationally, before winning the hit “Jolie Madame” with the young singer Ronisia in 2021. Diamond certified, the title has more than 53 million streams on Spotify. A real springboard since Joé Dwèt Filé recurred with “4 Kampé”, released last October and certified diamond in four months, which generated nearly 67 million streams on the number one application in the sector.
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“We don’t have the right to do anything!”
Enjoying a good longevity, six months after its release, “4 Kampeé” ranks 24th in the top singles this week with 1.7 million weekly listenings, its clip is still 14th on YouTube with nearly 75 million views recorded and it is currently the 24th most broadcast song on radio waves. “” I took a reference, whether among the Congolese, the Magrebins, or even with us in the Caribbean, it is “I am going” by Haitian Troubadours. With an actor called Uncle Bicha, and the voice we hear at the start of the sound is him. When you take a reference, you don’t have the right to do anything! “Explained Joé Dwèt spun in interview on NRJ, he who even proposed a remix with Burna Boy for a series of” 4 Kampeli “. Yes but here, the title is accused of plagiarism!
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Indeed, the Haitian producer Fabrice Rouzier accuses Joé Dwèt fled of having sampled his title “Je va” from the Haitian Troubadours group, released in 2002, without authorization. He has just filed a complaint for violation of copyright before the Federal Court of the District East New York as reported several French and international media. “” Fabrice Rouzier criticizes Joé Dwèt not only for having sampled his song “I am going” without his consent, but also for having taken up visual elements of the original clip “Can we read, while the complaint, available online and Purecharts was able to consult, aims at the various labels and publishers (Play Two, Atlantic Records Group, Universal Music Publishing France …), but also Burna Boy, present on the new version of the song, and even Uncle Bicha, under his real name Daniel Son Aimé. Words heard on the Remix, and similar to “I go”, are also in the viewfinder of the plaintive.
Fabrice Rouzier claims to have sent a letter of formal notice during the release of “4 Kampeé”, in vain, deploring today ” financial losses, missed opportunities and an attack on its artistic reputation ». He demands damages, as well as the reimbursement of his legal costs, and requests the prohibition of any future use of his work or his image, as well as the destruction of all the existing copies of “4 Kampeli” and “4 Kampeli II”. On social networks, Joé Dwèt Filé would have only written ” Do you know the music? I also know her As a reaction.
