Did Matata sample beats from Iris on their new jam ‘Kata’?

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Hip hop artist Iris Quewiz has filed a copyright claim through his lawyer over the alleged sampling of his beats by Gengetone group Matata in their hit ‘Kata’. The song which had hit 2 million views on YouTube was taken down on grounds that the beats used in the song are sampled from the song ‘Swing It’ by Iris. Shortly after the copyright claim was filed, the producer of the song ‘Kata’ Pinkozola wrote a message to Iris saying: “Hello sir…This is Pink. The producer of ‘Kata’ which you have claimed copyrights for…I just need to understand something. Why would you put a false claim on a song that doesn’t share any musical qualities with your song. Nothing is similar from the progression to the key of the song nor the instruments and the sample packs used.”

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