{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-21T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=7"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:54:22","slug":"fally-ipupa-to-remove-kitamata-from-xx-delirium-album-over-royalty-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Fally Ipupa to Remove \u201cKITAMATA\u201d from \u201cXX D\u00c9LIRIUM\u201d Album Over Royalty Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa has announced that his song \u201cKITAMATA\u201d will be removed from his new album \u201cXX D\u00c9LIRIUM\u201d and taken down from all streaming platforms. The track, a tribute to the late TP OK Jazz legend Josky Kiambukuta, had been one of the best-received songs from the album since its release.<br><br>Speaking to Top Congo FM, Fally revealed that despite prior agreements with the children of the late Josky Kiambukuta and properly crediting the deceased icon as the author of the song, he is facing demands for what he described as exorbitant royalties from certain members of the family. \u201cThe song was already doing very well and was well received by the public. It will be removed from the album today because, despite all the agreements reached with the children and Josky Kiambukuta being credited as the author of the song, certain members of his family are asking me for exorbitant rights,\u201d he said.<br><br>Fally clarified that before recording and performing the tribute, he had contacted the legitimate rights holders who were set to receive all royalties generated by the song. He said the decision to withdraw the track was made to avoid unnecessary controversy. \u201cFaced with certain behavior, I no longer want to become the subject of an unnecessary controversy simply because I wanted to pay tribute to the late great artist,\u201d he added.<br><br>\u201cKITAMATA\u201d will be officially removed from the \u201cXX D\u00c9LIRIUM\u201d tracklist today, though the rest of the album remains available on all platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789970665157.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789970665157.jpg 577w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789970665157-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fally Ipupa ( on left) with Josky Kiambukuta(on right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa has announced that his song \u201cKITAMATA\u201d will be removed from his new album \u201cXX D\u00c9LIRIUM\u201d and taken down from all streaming platforms. The track, a tribute to the late TP OK Jazz legend Josky Kiambukuta, had been one of the best-received songs from the album since its release. Speaking to Top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}