, the result of relentless efforts by the Sony Music label to locate him via his mother on Facebook — going so far as to track the young musician down through his boxing gym and high school — and he was also talking to artists about possibly jumping on the track among them: Jason Derulo.
“Jason wanted the beat for a record — he wanted the song to be a Jason Derulo song with Jawsh as a producer. But Jawsh should make decisions of what he wants to do with it, not be bullied by a bigger artist into putting it out.” So far, no agreement regarding compensation has been reached though the parties are in touch. Nanai, now officially on the Columbia roster, is believed to be self-published.“Give credit to the NZ producer that made the original beat,” wrote one Twitter user.
Other fans have come into bat for Nanai on his YouTube page in recent days. “I’m sad Josh didn’t get the recognition he deserves,” wrote one fan. “A shoutout in a comment section and in a caption is shit.” One fan accused Derulo of raining on Nanai’s cultural achievement and making the path of aspiring Polynesian entertainers more difficult. “Just in time for Pacific Islander history month, Jason Derulo honored the Polynesian community by completely stealing an entire beat from a teenage Polynesian artist,” Tik Tok user Lakewood Papi said in one post, adding, “Pacific Islanders have been trying to make it mainstream for years.
Shame on JD.
Your content has pretty much hit rock bottom. Sad.
perhaps he should know better but you've just described TikTok's greatest bet and failure. Every other skit, dance challenge, makeup tutorial is based on someone else's idea w/o proper credit. This is the business model.
Huh
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