Ray Phiri
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description: Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African g
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track: Cupid Shoot Your Arrow
track: Lady (feat. Ray Phiri)

Cupid Shoot Your Arrow
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by artist: Ray Phiri
in album: African Jazzscapes
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  date published: 2000-05-08
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  date published: 2026-07-08T03:20:19Z
audio: Cupid Shoot Your Arrow
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Lady (feat. Ray Phiri)
type: MusicRecording
duration: PT5M26S
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by artist: Manu Dibango
by artist: Ray Phiri
in album: Wakafrika
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  date published: 1994-06-14
genre: afrobeat
genre: afropop
genre: world
genre: makossa
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  date published: 2026-07-29T19:35:34Z
audio: Lady (feat. Ray Phiri)
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  value: 1. Confirm isrcCode identifies the recording in the pre-2022 source corpus and cc-db-prod record 2. GET OTSVerificationAPI → server-side canonical-record, hash, and attestation checks must pass 3. GET OTSBitcoinBlockVerifyURL → returns the Bitcoin block hash at height OTSBitcoinBlock; GET https://blockstream.info/api/block/{that hash} → its timestamp must match OTSTimestamp 4. Confirm CopyrightID is the CopyrightChains transaction hash 5. If all match: the cc-db-prod record is independently anchored on Bitcoin at OTSTimestamp Note: an OTS proof may carry multiple Bitcoin attestations; OTSBitcoinBlock is the earliest confirmed one — a later attestation inside the proof corroborates it and is not a mismatch