Eek-A-Mouse Pleased With 25% Share In Shaggy’s ‘Mi Nuh Know’

Veteran Dancehall singer Eek-A-Mouse says he is pleased with the 25 percent share in royalties that will come from Shaggy’s Mi Nuh Know, which interpolated lyrics from his 1981 hit song Wa-Do-Dem.

“The 25 percent is okay, that can work. It is like 25 cents out of every dollar, it’s cool, but the fact remains that [they] should have said, watch here, just call Eek-A-Mouse first,” Eek-A-Mouse told DancehallMag.

Shaggy’s representatives have confirmed that Mi Nuh Know was properly cleared through Will Adams with Wise Music, on behalf of Embassy Music (Eek’s publisher) in September 2021, well in advance of the release of Mi Nuh Know on March 18.

Eek-A thanked this publication for its previous report and contended that if he hadn’t spoken out, nobody would have said anything to him about his song.

Produced by the late Henry Lawes, Wa-Do-Dem was the title track on Eek-A-Mouse’s 1981 album of the same name.  The album featured another hit Ganja Smuggling, as well as Long Time Ago, Noah’s Ark, and Operation Eradication.

The 64-year-old, whose real name is Ripton Hylton, added that he looks forward to Reggae Land, a festival to be held in Milton Keynes, the UK on July 31, for which Shaggy is booked to headline with Julian Marley.

Reggae Land will also feature the Grammy-winning group Black Uhuru, King Yellow Man, Sister Nancy, and a host of other fundamental names in Reggae and Dancehall.