Artiste manager and media personality Sammy Flex has defended rapper Medikal in the wake of a copyright dispute involving gospel group Alabaster Box, insisting the issue was not born out of intentional wrongdoing.

The controversy stems from Medikal’s recently released track Welcome to Africa, which reportedly samples Alabaster Box’s hit song Akwaaba without proper authorization.

Speaking on Joy Prime TV, Sammy Flex acknowledged the seriousness of the copyright concerns but suggested it was an unfortunate oversight by Medikal’s team, not a deliberate act of infringement.

“I can tell you Team Medikal had no idea of what was going to happen because that was so clear, that was so vivid, and you could not skip it,” he said, indicating the group didn’t intentionally copy the original content.

He emphasized that more diligence during the production process could have prevented the controversy.

“If they knew, including the producer who worked on the song, they wouldn’t have done that. The producer should have known better,” Sammy Flex stated. “To them, they thought they were not taking the original song of Alabaster Box; they believed they were creating their own thing.”

Sammy Flex further argued that the rapper and his team may not have fully understood the legal implications of sampling a copyrighted song.

“I am so sure they were not aware of the implications, that’s the reason they have fallen into that trap at the moment,” he added.

While Alabaster Box maintains that the unauthorized use of their song constitutes copyright infringement, Sammy Flex is optimistic that the matter can be resolved amicably, especially given the apparent lack of ill intent.