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Gia Koka Blows the Whistle on Inequity in Dance Music: “The Power and Abuse Have Got to Stop”

Renowned singer-songwriter Gia Koka has blown the whistle on DJ duo VIZE, who she claims ripped her original work and used it in a song—featuring another vocalist—without crediting or compensating her. The blossoming Koka has emerged as one of the most highly coveted songwriters and collaborators in dance music. She has been featured on music by Afrojack and Imanbek (“Hey Baby”), Sam Feldt and Sigma (“2 Hearts”), and Yellow Claw (“Without You”), among many other artists in EDM’s corps d’elite. After VIZE and Koka had connected earlier in 2020 to work on a track, the latter joined forces with a few of her own collaborators to write and ostensibly release a song for the former tentatively titled “1 2 3.” However, desp...