Weasel Pulls The Radio & Weasel Music Catalogue from UPRS in Shocking Royalty Scandal
The Ugandan entertainment scene is literally on fire after Weasel, the surviving half of the legendary Radio and Weasel duo, decided enough was enough and dropped a bombshell that has everyone talking. In a move that can only be described as pure muscle, Weasel has officially told the Uganda Performing Rights Society to pack it up and beat it, terminating their mandate with immediate effect and dragging their name through the mud over what he is calling pure theft and mismanagement of his late brother Radio's legacy and his own musical catalogue. This is not just any artist complaining about slow payments, this is Weasel standing up and saying that UPRS has been playing games with his music, and he is absolutely not here for it. Remember, this is a man who has carried the torch alone since his brother and musical partner Radio passed on, and watching him take this kind of bold stand has fans everywhere cheering him on because they know exactly how massive the Radio and Weasel catalogue remains even today.
The breaking point came when Weasel, through his company Goodlyfe Magic Limited, received a mobile money notification showing that UPRS had deposited a measly two hundred and eighty five thousand, four hundred and ninety eight shillings into his account for royalties covering a staggering eighteen months of broadcasts and public performances. Let that sink in for a moment, eighteen months of radio play, television features, events, clubs, and everything in between, and the society that is supposed to collect on his behalf is telling him his entire catalogue is worth less than three hundred thousand shillings. Anyone who has ever stepped into a club, tuned into a local station, or attended a major event in Uganda knows that Radio and Weasel's music is literally everywhere, their tunes are timeless anthems that refuse to fade away, and for Weasel to be handed such a pathetic figure has rightly sent him over the edge.
The letter that Weasel fired off to the UPRS CEO is nothing short of ruthless, demanding that the society immediately cease all licensing and representation of his catalogue and remove every single track from their databases without any delay. But he did not stop there, oh no, he went ahead and gave them a strict fourteen day ultimatum to deliver a full and verified audit report showing exactly where his money has been, while also demanding all usage reports, broadcast logs, and licensing agreements that prove his music has been used across the country. This is Weasel saying show me the receipts or face the consequences, and if UPRS thinks they can brush this off, they have another thing coming because he has made it crystal clear that failure to comply will result in legal proceedings for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and fraud, and he means every single word of it.
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