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:
It is our responsibility to set good examples and act in maturity to inspire more women and empower them within the creative space on the Continent! At the end of the day women should hold each other up and not tear at each other.
Have a lovely weekend.
— 🦋 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
Meanwhile Amaarae has responded to Moliy’s tweets with a series of tweets to explain her side of the story — explaning that Moliy has a larger publishing split on the original version and an equal part in the song’s remix.
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
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
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
Despite the insulting emails sent by your manager and some of your team members sent to my manager over the last year or so — My team and myself have bent over backwards to accommodate your demands and every time you come back asking for more.
— 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
Moliy, I really tried because we rise by lifting others but thanks to you I have learned my lesson. Your attempt to destroy the fruit of my hard earned labor will not work.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
The Amaarae you see today is the result of sound business decisions, heavy personal financial investment and sweat equity. The Amaarae you see today continues to put food in people’s mouths and money in their pockets. There are so many people that would attest to this.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
The Amaarae you see today is the result of sound business decisions, heavy personal financial investment and sweat equity. The Amaarae you see today continues to put food in people’s mouths and money in their pockets. There are so many people that would attest to this.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
I would never have done this. I have dozens of features and dozens of songs out. I’ve never had any issues with anybody. She chose to put this on social media. Our legal teams have been in comms about this for well over a year now. I would like for them to continue as planned.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
Moliy has a larger publishing split on the original than I do and an equal publishing split on the remix . As far as a master — NO ONE makes money on this until all the money spent has been recouped — and it has been an insane amount of money.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
She is credited as a featured artist on both songs meaning she can earn her mechanical royalties. As far as the removal of main artist on the remix on Spotify this was done after we saw she was not promoting the remix at all until a few weeks into when the TikTok campaign blew.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
She is credited as a featured artist on both songs meaning she can earn her mechanical royalties. As far as the removal of main artist on the remix on Spotify this was done after we saw she was not promoting the remix at all until a few weeks into when the TikTok campaign blew.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
If you check the dates on her socials in correspondence with the release date of the SGLM Remix and the growth of the Tik Tok campaign, Moliy does not tweet or make an IG post until after the song starts to gain traction.
— Fountain Baby (@amaarae) March 6, 2022
