Gospel group, Alabaster Box, says taking rapper, Medikal, to court was “the right thing to do” after attempts to settle their copyright dispute failed.
Speaking on Hitz FM on Tuesday, the group confirmed that the case is still before the court.
“We’re still in court… He knows we’re in court. Everybody knows we’re in court. The wheels of justice grind slowly. I think it’s the right thing to do,” they said.
The group insisted they tried to resolve the matter amicably before filing the lawsuit.
“We extended the olive branch, and we showed seniority and common sense. Maturity. It wasn’t out of anger or malice,” they stated.
According to them, initial efforts involved contacting Medikal’s representatives and agreeing to use a neutral intermediary. However, talks broke down when they brought in a lawyer to facilitate discussions.
“We’ve tried to approach it outside the court system. The first thing we did was call his people; we got in touch with them, and then they brought in a middleman. Then we said, ‘Okay, then let’s also bring our middle person,’ and the middle person we brought just happened to be a lawyer. And they ran away from that. It wasn’t like we were going to squeeze them,” they explained.
