Clarence
Peters on the set of Ice Prince’s ‘VIP’ video shoot, along with rappers
Illbliss, Lynxxx and Ice Prince. Photo: Instagram
In October 2013, NET ran an exposé on music video director Moe Musa jacking off a video concept to shoot a music video for Davido‘s hit song ‘Skelewu‘. We went as far as labelling him a ‘creative thief‘. Well, we’ve spotted another offender and this person’s crime is way more heinous than Musa’s.
It’s none other than video director Clarence Peters,
whom we’ve caught not only jacking off concepts for his video shoots
but toying with copyright infringement and intellectual property theft
on an international level....see more...
Clarence is by far the most prominent
and consistent music video director Nigeria has ever produced. This man
has shot close to 500 music videos, right from his starting days with DJ Tee at ‘The Alliance‘ to setting up his own CAPital Dreams production outfit. Who hasn’t Clarence clicked the record button at?
But he must have been too busy to create an original concept for Ice Prince‘s ‘VIP‘ music video, which was released via YouTube on June 21, 2013. The video, which was shot and directed by Clarence Peters, is a total rip-off of US rap group SlaughterHouse‘s video ‘My life‘ feat Cee Lo Green
(released a year earlier on June 20, 2012). Not only does Clarence
Peters shamelessly copy the major highlights of the video, he goes ahead
to steal footage and implement them in Ice Prince’s video.
If this was done without SlaughterHouse’s permission, Clarence’s action puts Ice Prince and his record label Chocolate City in BIG trouble. Ice and Choc City should ask him for a refund, they’ll need it if/when Interscope Records (SlaughterHouse’s parent record label) comes knocking with a lawsuit.
NET reached out to Chocolate City over
the ‘swagger jacking’, however, the label’s rep has not responded to our
enquires. Clarence Peters’ team also decided to remain silent when NET
reached them.
Meanwhile, a few weeks ago, South African rapper Tumi Molekane accused Clarence Peters of stealing the concept of his music video ‘Asinamali‘ to shoot Tiwa Savage‘s ‘Eminado‘ music video. The latter was almost a carbon copy of the former.
Check out the screenshots from Ice
Prince’s video, compare them with the ‘original version’ from
SlaughterHouse’ and tell us what you think…
CLARENCE PETERS STEALS VIDEO CONCEPTS
Crooked I pulls off the old skin to reveal a new car
Ice Prince pulls off the old skin to reveal a new car
Joe Budden poses for a mugshot
Ice Prince poses for a mugshot
Crooked I sits by the window seat of a private jet
Ice Prince sits by the window seat of a private jet [Ice Prince is super imposed in the photo]
Cee Lo Green flies a private jet
Model in Ice Prince’s video flies a private jet
Joe Budden addresses the press
Ice Prince addresses the press
Joel Ortiz raps with filming being replayed in the background
Ice Prince raps with filming being replayed in the background
A paparazzo is seen taking Joe Budden’s photo
A paparazzo is seen taking Ice Prince’s photo
SlaughterHouse and Cee Lo Green dance around against a plain background
Ice Prince and the GRIP Boiz dance around against a plain background
The video transition in the SlaughterHouse video where block shifts away
The video transition in the Ice Prince video where block shifts away
CLARENCE PETERS STEALS VIDEO FOOTAGE
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