MC Yaa Yeboah Blasts Medikal and Criss Waddle Over Ignorant Response to Alabaster Box Lawsuit
MC Yaa Yeboah, a Ghanaian media personality, slammed rapper Medikal and his label head, Criss Waddle of AMG Business, over their response to being sued by veteran Ghanaian singing group Alabaster Box.
Yaa Yeboah, speaking on United Showbiz on UTV, expressed consternation over the level of ignorance in the Ghanaian music industry that causes artists to feel entitled to use the intellectual property of other people without due recourse.
Yeboah descended on Medikal and Criss Waddle in particular, who angrily took to X (formerly Twitter) to question the ‘Christianness’ of Alabaster Box for suing Medikal over his use of a snippet from their timeless classic, ‘Welcome,’ in his new song ‘Welcome to Africa.’
Waddle had written on X in reaction to the lawsuit, which seeks GHC 15m in damages: “If they were secular musicians, I would understand, but gospel“? You can ask to be paid, but to ask for 15 million cedis? How much does a whole album generate? If you want to be wicked, don’t add Christianity to your identity.”
His words triggered MC Yaa Yeboah, who dragged the businessman/musician and his protégé: “You’ve taken somebody’s hook without changing anything—you took the same thing…for your rap. Then the people, out of respect, write to you and tell you to do the right thing, or we will take you to court. You feel you’re smart, so you go back and remove the offending part and repost the video. Then they take you to court, and someone thinks they can question your Christianity. The ignorance in this industry is too much!” Yeboah fumed.
Yeboah said Medikal could have forestalled all this with a simple phone call or a visit to Alabaster Box to seek permission before utilizing the song.
Alabaster Box dragged Medikal to court for copyright infringement over his use of part of their song, ‘Welcome, MC Yaa Yeboah blasts Medikal and Criss Waddle over their ignorant response to the Alabaster Box lawsuit in a recent song he released.
The group initially sent a cease and desist letter to Medikal for him to pull down the music with the offending material and to provide an accounting of all revenue earned by the music or face a court battle.
Medikal refused to respond, leading to being slapped with a Ghc 15 million lawsuit a few days later.
What kind of nonsense is this? – Yaa Yeboah slams Medikal over Alabaster Box’s copyright lawsuit – Yaa Yeboah #UnitedShowbiz pic.twitter.com/MlEpp1iEWi
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) April 20, 2025
