Yes. Hugh Masekela has 151 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 151

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man), Bo-Masekela, Ashiko

Listed under the artist name 151 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man) (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Bo-Masekela

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Bo-Masekela (Sixty) · Watch on YouTube

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Ashiko

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ashiko (Black To The Future) · Watch on YouTube

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Thanayi (Live at Carnival City)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Thanayi (Live at Carnival City) (Live at Carnival City) · Watch on YouTube

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Mwanayu Wakula

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Mwanayu Wakula (Live in Concert) · Watch on YouTube

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Mamani (feat. The Union Of South Africa)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Mamani (feat. The Union Of South Africa) (The Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Minawa

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Minawa (Home Is Where The Music Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Market Place

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Market Place (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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The Boy's Doin' It

Listed as Hugh Masekela – The Boy's Doin' It (Black To The Future) · Watch on YouTube

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We Are One (Black Coffee Original Dub)

Listed as Black Coffee, Hugh Masekela – We Are One (Black Coffee Original Dub) (We Are One) · Watch on YouTube

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Stimela (Coal Train)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Stimela (Coal Train) (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Im Ghetto von Soweto (Auntie's House)

Listed as Joy Denalane, Hugh Masekela – Im Ghetto von Soweto (Auntie's House) (Mamani) · Watch on YouTube

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African Secret Society

Listed as Hugh Masekela – African Secret Society (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Child Of The Earth

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Child Of The Earth (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Tapera (feat. Oliver Mtukudzi)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Tapera (feat. Oliver Mtukudzi) (No Borders) · Watch on YouTube

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Yei Baa Gbe Wolo

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Yei Baa Gbe Wolo (The Best of Hugh Masekela) · Watch on YouTube

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The Meeting Place

Listed as Hugh Masekela, Siparia Deltones, Machel Montano – The Meeting Place (Siparia To Soweto) · Watch on YouTube

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U Se Mcani

Listed as Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela – U Se Mcani (The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased)) · Watch on YouTube

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Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird) (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Ha Le Se Le Li Khanna

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ha Le Se Le Li Khanna (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Cantelope Island

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Cantelope Island (Mojo Club Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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The Big Apple

Listed as Hugh Masekela – The Big Apple (Home Is Where The Music Is) · Watch on YouTube

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JHB

Listed as Hugh Masekela – JHB (Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive

Listed as Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa – Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive (The Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Nomalizo

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Nomalizo (Sixty) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Um_7oLHnuDo · row Um_7oLHnuDo

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Nomali

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Nomali (Home Is Where The Music Is) · Watch on YouTube

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We Are One (Culoe De Song Remix)

Listed as Black Coffee, Hugh Masekela – We Are One (Culoe De Song Remix) (We Are One) · Watch on YouTube

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Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song) (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Ha Lese Le Di Khanna

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ha Lese Le Di Khanna (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Masquenada

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Masquenada (The Lasting Impressions Of Ooga Booga) · Watch on YouTube

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The Meeting Place (Amapiano Version)

Listed as Hugh Masekela, Machel Montano, Siparia Deltones – The Meeting Place (Amapiano Version) (The Meeting Place (Amapiano Version)) · Watch on YouTube

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Night In Tunisia

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Night In Tunisia (The Best of Hugh Masekela) · Watch on YouTube

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Song of Love

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Song of Love (Black To The Future) · Watch on YouTube

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Lady

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Lady (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Part Of A Whole

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Part Of A Whole (Home Is Where The Music Is) · Watch on YouTube

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We Are One (Radio Edit)

Listed as Black Coffee, Hugh Masekela – We Are One (Radio Edit) (We Are One) · Watch on YouTube

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Rekpete

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Rekpete (The Best of Hugh Masekela) · Watch on YouTube

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Until When

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Until When (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Uptownship

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Uptownship (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Bajabula Bonke

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Bajabula Bonke (The Lasting Impressions Of Ooga Booga) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ewQVjoNJUAo · row ewQVjoNJUAo

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The Meeting Place (Soca Version)

Listed as Hugh Masekela, Machel Montano, Siparia Deltones – The Meeting Place (Soca Version) (The Meeting Place (Soca Version)) · Watch on YouTube

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Grazin' in the Grass

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Grazin' in the Grass (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Languta

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Languta (Hope) · Watch on YouTube

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Ring Bell

Listed as Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela – Ring Bell (Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela) · Watch on YouTube

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Heaven In You (feat. J'Something)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Heaven In You (feat. J'Something) (No Borders) · Watch on YouTube

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In The Market Place

Listed as Hugh Masekela – In The Market Place (Hugh Masekela / Hugh!) · Watch on YouTube

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Excuse Me Please

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Excuse Me Please (The Boy's Doin' It) · Watch on YouTube

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Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song) (The Promise Of A Future) · Watch on YouTube

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Been Such a Long Time Gone

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Been Such a Long Time Gone (Sixty) · Watch on YouTube

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Ashiko

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ashiko (The Boy's Doin' It) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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