Legendary musician Sello “Chicco” Twala in his fight against IMPRA (Independent Music Performance Rights Association) wants rapper AKA to pay back the money he received from the association.

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Twala alleges that the Fela In Versace hitmaker and him were overpaid and wants him to pay back the money that he was overpaid by the music royalty collecting society.

According to Sunday World, Chicco sent text messages to artists, asking them to pay back money that they received last year.

“AKA and other artists who received lump sums from IMPRA, including myself last year, should pay back the money we received because it was way too much. This was done at the expense of other musicians just to impress the minister [of sports and arts – Nathi Mthethwa] that IMPRA pays more,” reads Twala’s text message.Chicco Twala: “AKA, myself and other artists who received a lump sum from Impra two years ago, should pay back the money because we did not deserve it, as it was way too much. This was done at the expense of other musicians”“The top 10 musicians, including myself, was just a scam. Also, note that we did not know that IMPRA was a sham. We all thought the payments were playlist-based until I recently find [sic] out how IMPRA operated.”

It is alleged that AKA and received at R 1 million from the association and Chicco received R500 000, he did not disclose the figures to the publication but told Sunday World an audit would determine how much they should payback.

“The auditing process will determine how much we must pay back but, in reality, we have been overpaid. Some of the musicians might even have to pay back the full amount because they were not even played on radio in that period.”

AKA‘s manager Tshiamo Letshwene told Sunday World that they would await the outcome of the audit before commenting on Chicco’s claims.