An injunction request by Black Sherif's former backer to prevent the musician from performing his song was denied by the Accra High Court.
On Tuesday, July 26, the order was revoked after the court noted that the petitioner, Shadrach Agyei Owusu, had failed to make a convincing case for why the injunction should be granted.
According to a Ghana Weekend article, Justice Akua Sarpomaa Amoah declared in her decision that Black Sherif would experience injustice if the motion were to be allowed.
On April 11, 2022, Mr. Owusu, a former financier, filed legal papers against the musician. He said that Black Sherif left him for dead so that he could sign a record deal with a another company, Empire Entertainment, without his consent.
In other documents, the former financier asked for a court order prohibiting Black Sherif from performing at any event until the dispute has been settled.
In order to prevent the rapper from wasting money while the lawsuit is pending, the plaintiff also requested that an injunction order be imposed on the monies the rapper has earned from streaming and other revenue streams.
Samson Lardy Anyenini, the defendant's attorney, argued against the injunction. The plaintiff is suing for more than $1 million in damages for alleged contract violations.
Mr. Anyenini thanked the court and said that he was waiving the plaintiff's costs since doing so would not advance existing talks between the parties to settle the dispute amicably.
Background
The rapidly growing musician was the target of public ire in February and the first few days of March after it was claimed that he had signed a record deal with another company, Empire Entertainment, without his management's consent.
Many people criticised the young singer for his behaviour when the matter came before the court of public opinion. The charges, however, were refuted by Black Sherif's new manager, Madonna, in an interview with "Da Don" on Hitz FM.
Additionally, he disclosed that Snap, who claims Black Sherif left him, was only a financier who joined the team following the publication of "Second Sermon."
Later, Black Sherif's former funder Mr. Owusu sued him for entering into a new deal with a different label without his consent. Days after the lawsuit, additional records revealed that Black Sherif had cancelled his financing agreement with Shadrach Agyei Owusu, commonly known as Snap, before the lawsuit was filed.
In a letter dated April 8, 2022, the "Kwaku The Traveller" hitmaker's attorneys informed Snap of the termination.
Following conversations between you and our Client, they wrote, "We have our Client's instructions to confirm our Client's approval of the termination of the Agreement."
"Black Sherif named Snap as his manager on August 18, 2021. Black Sherif, the attorneys' client, is "no longer bound by the Agreement," they claim.
In the meanwhile, the lawsuit To rapturous praise, Black Sherif published "Kwaku The Traveller" in April. However, several people on social media questioned whether Black Sherif's brand-new song was a retaliation to certain claims made against him by his investor.
He denied rumours that his brand-new song, "Kwaku The Traveller," was composed in response to the difficulties involving his management.
He claims that the song was created and finished several weeks before he faced backlash for supposedly deserting his investor.
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