Ghanaian dancehall act, Stonebwoy has finally reacted to critics which has circulated around the web and have gone viral right 24 hours after he dropped the Song, that he replicated Rihanna’s version of the “Work” track to do his own edition “People Dey”.

‘No, not at all. I didn’t duplicate Rihanna’s version of ‘Work’ song. It is a Riddim Culture in Reggae/Dancehall where distinctive variants of songs or well known jams are covered by different artists. It was a really good vibe going on so I had to drop my variant as well. But that doesn’t mean I replicated her. If you listen painstakingly to my own particular version of the song, everything was revamped from my verses even through the song. Just a single thing that identifies with her version was the tedious ‘work, work, work, work’ in there. Indeed, even my rendition, the whole beat was replayed by my specialist, Beatz Dakay, so it is a unique work done, legitimately. The people who comprehend Reggae and Dancehall really know how it works. At the point when Samini did his #Trigger track with Ghetto KB, I had to do my own variant #HillsAndValleys as well and more artists did their version as well. So Did we all copy him? No,’

Rihanna’s smash hit “Work” track which broke a record on the Billboard music charts was a repeated cut from Jamaican Reggae Singer/Producer, Richie Stephens 1998 studio production “Cruise Away Riddim” (Pot of Gold). Richie Stephens, however, affirmed on well known Jamaican TV Show #OnStage months prior that he was reached by Rihanna’s Team to utilize his work and he consented to the ‘welcome news’. He is one of the amazing veteran Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall artists who shot to popularity back in the 90s.

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