Ajeezay has defended himself against critics who have been saying he stole his "Jerusalem Soup" song.

The track, which is a cover of the popular South African song ‘Jerusalem’, has not infringed on any copyright laws according to Ajeezay because he has never once claimed to be the original composer of the song.

He said this while speaking with Amansan Krakye on Kastle Edzidzipa.

The comedian disclosed that if his song had breached any laws the owners of the song would have reached out to him to confront him. 

“I have not been contacted by Master KG to register his displeasure for doing the cover version of his song. I think that since I didn’t upload the song on any of the digital marketing platforms I have not breached the copyright regulations,”

“I didn’t plan to do this in the first place. I was somewhere listening to music when I heard the Jerusalem song being played.

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“So I started singing along and then suddenly I realized I was saying things like ab3 nkwan, nkruma nkwan, ab3 nsuo then I decided to go to my friend’s studio to record it,” Ajeezay told Amansan Krakye on Kastle FM.

He added “So far this is the biggest cover version that I have done and it has gone viral. In less than a month I have over 200k views on YouTube and the song is being played at every occasion both in Ghana and abroad.”

He also in the same breath mentioned that his style of comedy is based on doing cover versions of songs just like the late comedian, Bishop Bob Okala.

“I have always said that I want to pay homage to my mentor the late Bishop Bob Okala. I would say that my type of comedy is just like him. You remember how he used to do cover versions of almost every hit song during the days of Key soap concert party.”

“I have never considered myself to be a musician just because I do cover versions of people’s songs. What I do is just to entertain people in a comic way so never will I stand anywhere and say that I’m a musician.”