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 Stimela (Jazzanova Remix), Shango, Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub)

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.

Stimela (Jazzanova Remix)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Stimela (Jazzanova Remix) (Hugh Masekela / Hugh!) · Watch on YouTube

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Shango

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

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Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub)

Listed as Hugh Masekela, Metro Area – Mama (Metro Area Birthday Dub) (Verve Remixed 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Hi-Life

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

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Kwela Song

Listed as The Company, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi – Kwela Song (King Kong: All African Jazz Opera: Original 1959 Cast) · Watch on YouTube

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Stimela (Coal Train)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Stimela (Coal Train) (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Up Up And Away

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Up Up And Away (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Shame The Devil

Listed as Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela – Shame The Devil (Main Event Live) · Watch on YouTube

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A Person Is A Sometime Thing

Listed as Hugh Masekela – A Person Is A Sometime Thing (The Boy's Doin' It) · Watch on YouTube

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Been Such A Long Time Gone

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Been Such A Long Time Gone (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Ade (feat. The Union Of South Africa)

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

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Languta

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

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Witch Doctor (feat. Miatta Fahinbulleh)

Listed as Hugh Masekela, Baranta – Witch Doctor (feat. Miatta Fahinbulleh) (The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased)) · Watch on YouTube

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Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Felicidade

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Felicidade (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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Dyambo (feat. The Union Of South Africa)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Dyambo (feat. The Union Of South Africa) (Mojo Club Vol. 4 (Light My Fire)) · Watch on YouTube

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Makoti

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Makoti (Jabulani) · Watch on YouTube

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Mama

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

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If You Don't Know Me By Now

Listed as Hugh Masekela – If You Don't Know Me By Now (Uptownship) · Watch on YouTube

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Now or Never

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Now or Never (Uptownship) · Watch on YouTube

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Vary-Oo-Vum

Listed as The Jazz Epistles, Hugh Masekela, Dollar Brand – Vary-Oo-Vum (The Complete Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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Koshana

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

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Nomalizo

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

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Quickly in Love

Listed as The Company, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi – Quickly in Love (King Kong: All African Jazz Opera: Original 1959 Cast) · Watch on YouTube

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You Can Call Me Al (Live: Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe 14 Feb '87)

Listed as Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela (Trumpet) – You Can Call Me Al (Live: Rufaro Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe 14 Feb '87) (Graceland Live) · Watch on YouTube

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Inner Crisis

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

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In The Jungle

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

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Melodi (Sounds of Home)

Listed as Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela – Melodi (Sounds of Home) (The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased)) · Watch on YouTube

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Foreign Natives

Listed as Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela – Foreign Natives (Main Event Live) · Watch on YouTube

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Khawuleza

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

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Maesha

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

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Dyambo (De-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over (Stereo Promo Version)

Listed as Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa – Dyambo (De-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over (Stereo Promo Version) (The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 11A: 1971) · Watch on YouTube

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Adade

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

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Umaningi Bona

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Umaningi Bona (Grrr) · Watch on YouTube

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Maseru

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

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Ooo, Baby, Baby

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Ooo, Baby, Baby (Uptownship) · Watch on YouTube

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African Breeze

Listed as Hugh Masekela – African Breeze (Liberation - The Best Of) · Watch on YouTube

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Back of the Moon

Listed as The Company, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi – Back of the Moon (King Kong: All African Jazz Opera: Original 1959 Cast) · Watch on YouTube

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Goin' Back To New Orleans (feat. The Union Of South Africa)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Goin' Back To New Orleans (feat. The Union Of South Africa) (The Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Macongo

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

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The Boy's Doin' It (Carl Craig Remix)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – The Boy's Doin' It (Carl Craig Remix) (Verve Remixed 3) · Watch on YouTube

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Satisfying Song (1962 Recording Remastered)

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Satisfying Song (1962 Recording Remastered) (Trumpet Africaine) · Watch on YouTube

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Soweto

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

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What Is Wrong With Groovin'?

Listed as Hugh Masekela – What Is Wrong With Groovin'? (The Best of Hugh Masekela) · Watch on YouTube

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Mambo

Listed as Jeff Maluleke, Hugh Masekela – Mambo (Mambo) · Watch on YouTube

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Colonial Man

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

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King Kong

Listed as The Company, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi – King Kong (King Kong: All African Jazz Opera: Original 1959 Cast) · Watch on YouTube

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Mace And Grenades

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Mace And Grenades (Still Grazing) · Watch on YouTube

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We Are One (Boddhi Beats)

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

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Kaa Ye Oya

Listed as Hugh Masekela – Kaa Ye Oya (The Best of Hugh Masekela) · 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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