Moliy Ama Montgomery, a singer and songwriter of Ghanaian and American origin, has complained in a series of tweets that she has not been rewarded appropriately despite her contribution to the success of Amaarae’s, Sad Girlz Luv Money.
Moliy, who co-wrote the hit song, says she has been sidelined since and denied access to information and details about the revenue the song has generated so far even though she contributed more than Amaarae in terms of songwriting.
Moliy added that she was shocked to find out that while the official video of the song had Amaarae lip-synching to some of her lyrics, Amaarae performs her lyrics at events without her knowledge.
Read the tweets:
I’m sure it comes as a shock to most cos @amaarae performs my lyrics of the song every chance she gets. I wrote it to motivate all young women to be confident and successful, and this was the perfect opportunity for two Ghanaian women to be the face of that.
— 🦋 Billboard Moliy (@moliymusic) March 6, 2022
I’m sure it comes as a shock to most cos @amaarae performs my lyrics of the song every chance she gets. I wrote it to motivate all young women to be confident and successful, and this was the perfect opportunity for two Ghanaian women to be the face of that.
— 🦋 Billboard Moliy (@moliymusic) March 6, 2022
I’m super grateful for the success of Sad Girlz Luv Money and thank you @amaarae for trusting me to contribute/ write and perform about 80% of the original version. The global success of the remix with @KALIUCHIS is also something I’m really grateful for
— 🦋 Billboard Moliy (@moliymusic) March 6, 2022
As a matter of fact, the same director who shot the original SGLM video was sent out to shoot you at my team’s expense. When the video was finished, once again, you demanded additional screen time as you did with the original video.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
Your team tried to block the release of the remix video even though my team had graciously sent a crew out to you in America to shoot your part. We even asked you what city you preferred and New York was the city of choice over Florida.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
@moliymusic What a slap in the face when all I did was try to share my opportunities with a fellow Ghanaian up and coming artist.
Here are the facts: you reached out to me and asked to work with me and I sent you a record that I sourced that I thought you would be amazing for
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
So, in a nutshell, your team only sat up when they saw my part of the SGLM remix blowing up on TikTok and now here you are making claims and demanding ownership of a song which you were invited to feature on and in which you have made no financial or social investment.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
This delayed the release of the remix video by almost a month, weakening the intended impact of the video on the charts.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
It’s unfortunate that you chose this route trying to crucify me in the court of social media opinion. I have all the receipts: emails, texts and DMs in a folder. All of this evidence clears my intentions and my name completely. One thing about me, I don’t lie about my support.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022