Quang Lap Bolero: The golden voice "pocketed" a 200 million-view video caught up in contract fraud

Quang Lap Bolero is known as the singer who owns a video clip with hundreds of millions of views in the Vietnamese music industry. There was a time when he was caught up in a scandal of contract cheating, blatantly stealing nearly 20 other people's songs.

Singer Quang Lap's real name is Diep Van Lap, born in 1978 in An Giang, possessing a "unique" Bolero voice that becomes more addictive the more you listen to it. It was his sweet, warm, melodious and emotional voice that touched the hearts of many audiences the first time they heard it; Currently, he is the representative singer of the Lifetime Voice Center under BHMedia Corp.

In addition to singing, he is also the one who formed the Voice for Life space, selected singers, and made arrangements for songs. Quang Lap and his friends in the Voice for Life Center are Bolero enthusiasts.

The male singer is of mixed American-Vietnamese descent and grew up in a poor family, so from a young age he had to work hard with his mother to earn a living. At that time, although he was passionate about art, the storms that overwhelmed his life made Quang Lap unable to pursue his dream of becoming a singer.

When he was over 14 years old, the US Congress had a policy to pave the way for nearly 30,000 Amerasians to return home, so the male singer registered; with the hope of having a better life, escaping the poverty that has plagued many years and also to earn more income to help the family. Living in America for a while, in a foreign land without a single relative, no knowledge, and nothing in his hands, he fell into a state like many other mixed-race people, life was not enough. , if not too difficult.

Although he has been passionate about and pursued Bolero for a long time, Quang Lap's voice has not yet been noticed by many people; because this music genre is not as popular as it is today. It was not until 2015, when Bolero music "exploded" again with a series of music shows and related talent contests, that Quang Lap - Tai Nguyen began to have the motivation to found the Voice Center. Memorable.

After that, male singer 7X's group met to record the Bolero songs they liked and then upload them to Youtube. The songs he and his friends performed quickly attracted music lovers. Established Youtube channel in April 2015, up to now The Voice for Life has more than 4 million subscribers.

According to Quang Lap, when the Voice of Life Center was first built, it did not have its own studio, so it encountered many difficulties. Some time later, when it was stable, the center had a small space to record at an address on Ton That Tung Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).

At first glance it looks like a cafe or small tea room, but according to the male singer 7X, this place is not a music business, nor is it a place that lights up every night to serve the audience who come to listen to music. The center's guests were only more than a dozen people and were all his relatives.

Although there is not a huge investment, what The Voice for Life keeps the audience engaged is the voice. Quang Lap and the members of The Voice For Life tend to listen to Bolero music, not watch Bolero, so the filming space is simple, with a brick floor and a band.

Female singers' costumes are usually ao dai, men often wear shirts or vests. Quang Lap said: "The singers and band of The Voice for Life sing and play music with passion. I always require members to have experience, sensitivity and passion for Bolero. Not just anyone. can also participate in "The Voice of a Lifetime".

Most members of The Voice for Life have other jobs to make a living. Singing is not about making money but just a place to hang out. Quang Lap's main occupation is also selling house cleaning tools.

The male singer said that he does not operate a tea or coffee shop, so the space right here during filming is just for friends, everything is completely free. At his Voice of a Lifetime, artists bond like members of a family, without competition like performing on outside shows.

Currently, Quang Lap also does not accept invitations to perform on any stage but only lives at the Voice of Life Center. Because performing is not the male singer's goal when it comes to music. He sings with all the passion hidden deep within him from when he was a child until now. The wife and son of the Western-bred singer also strongly support this point of view.

Some of Quang Lap's musical products include: Grave of Love, Sad Night of Life, Singing for a Lifetime, Unexpressed Love, The Day You Were With Me, Let People Into the Struggle, The Blue Sky of Memories Niem,... In particular, any new product he launches is enthusiastically received and supported.

In June 2021, Quang Lap suddenly got into trouble when a young author posted a denunciation on social networks. Accordingly, this person said that he once came to male singer 7X and gave him all 12 songs he composed and did not ask for a copyright share. He was even willing to spend money to mix and match to help the Western singer record these songs.

Some time later, the young author was asked by Quang Lap to sign a contract to help him release the song and a receipt worth 30 million appeared. Because the original purpose of giving the song was completely free, this person wondered, affirmed that he did not receive money and received an explanation: "Symbolically, without a receipt, you can't sing! ".

After giving away 12 songs, the author said he received a request to send more compositions and this time he gave 5 more compositions to singer Quang Lap. The contract signing continued as before with a receipt of 5 million on paper and the young author once again affirmed that he did not receive money. However, after checking again, this person discovered that the contract had a name - "Copyright transfer contract" and not "Work permission contract".

He immediately texted Quang Lap asking to amend the contract content and received an appointment to meet and discuss in person. However, this exchange did not lead to a consensus. According to the young author, the 7X male singer did not agree to revise the contract.

The climax of the incident was when the songs composed by this young author were removed from the YouTube channel by two other copyright companies. When asked, this author received the answer that two copyright companies had received authorization from the owner of the works, singer Quang Lap, so they requested to take them down. Even the YouTube channel he built received 17 warnings and had more than 40 other songs removed.