Karma-Ann Swanepoel

Karma-Ann Swanepoel was the lead singer of Henry Ate, a South African rock band. She subsequently went solo, releasing her first album Karma in 1998. The South African born singer shot to fame in the mid-1990s with hit songs like Just and Henry Ate.

Career

Karma attained huge success in South Africa. Her song Just was counted as No. 1 in the 5FM 2001 countdown.. Karma moved to the USA in 2003.

Her musical style encompasses folk, acoustic, and South African harmony.

Civil litigation with Lil Wayne

Henry Ate's/Karma's song 'Once' is sampled by Lil Wayne in the mixtape track, I Feel Like Dying. The lawsuit accuses the recording artist of copyright infringement. Karma-Ann Swanepoel claims Lil Wayne did not have permission to sample the song and is suing for compensatory damages. Lil Wayne did not profit directly from the song – it was leaked to the internet and passed via peer-to-peer websites and not sold on any retail album.[1]

Discography

Slap in the Face [1996]

One Day Soon (as Karma) [1998]

Torn and Tattered [2000]

96 - 02 - The Singles [2002]

Don't Walk Fly [2005]

Working Title [2005]

Even If She Tried [2008]

Paper Cuts [2008]

Website

References

  1. ↑ Reuters (2008-12-17). "Rapper Lil Wayne accused of copyright infringement". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

^ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2004-10-07/music3.html

^ http://www.cd.co.za/legends/90s/henry_ate_index.html