[2] In 1972, David Mancuso found a copy in a Brooklyn West Indian record store and often played it at his parties at The Loft.

[3] The song was subsequently played heavily by Frankie Crocker, who deejayed at WBLS, then New York's most popular black radio station.

According to Agence France-Presse, Dibango and Michael Jackson had earlier reached a financial settlement in this matter back in the days of the making of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".

Dibango's attorneys brought the case before a court in Paris, demanding €500,000 in damages and for Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music to be "barred from receiving 'mama-say mama-sa'-related income until the matter is resolved".

[7] However, the court in Paris rejected his motion as being illegitimate due to him successfully applying for his name being listed on Rihanna’s releases of the song a year earlier.