Plagiarism Allegations Hit Jah Prayzah Again

Zimbabwean musician Jah Prayzah is facing fresh plagiarism allegations over his song “Moto” from his latest album “Ndini Mukudzei”. Dr. Blessing Ivan Vava, a scholar and regional director at Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe, claimed on Facebook that the song bears a striking resemblance to Kurai Makore’s “Kanyarungwe”, released in 2024.

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This isn’t the first time Jah Prayzah has been accused of plagiarism. In 2014, he admitted to copying the beat of his song “Mwanasikana” from Ghanaian musician Emmanuel Samini’s 2007 hit track “Samini”. Jah Prayzah claimed he had unknowingly used the track from an African movie and didn’t realize it was a released song.

The musician has yet to respond to the latest allegations, which have sparked debate about copyright law and originality in the music industry. Jah Prayzah’s album “Ndini Mukudzei” has been receiving praise and commercial success, but the plagiarism claims may tarnish its reputation.

“What happens to copyright law, listening to Jah Prayzah’s song Moto from his latest album Ndini Mukudzei sounds like a plagiarized song of Kurai Makore “Kanyarungwe” released in 2024,” Vava wrote.

This is not the first time that Jah Prayzah has been accused of plagiarism.

In 2014, the musician admitted that he copied the beat of his song “Mwanasikana” on the album “Tsviriyo” from Ghanaian musician Emmanuel Samini’s 2007 hit track titled “Samini”.

This was after he came under fire from critics on social media networks after an online publication accused him of ‘stealing’ the song.

“I was watching an African movie and I enjoyed the soundtrack. I did not know it was a released song (on the market). I just thought it was a track made for the movie. The beat was good and I was tempted to use it on one of my songs,” he said.

The musician claimed he did not know the composer of the song until he was alerted of the matter.

“I did not know about Samini and I did not know it was his song until a friend sent me a link of the track recently. He just told me to check the similarities between the songs and I realised it was the same track used it the African movie.”