Patrick Bannah, known as Adelaide singer Loverboy, released single ‘Horny’ same year as rape conviction

An award-winning artist jailed this week for raping an Adelaide teenager remains live on a major music app despite his crimes. Warning: Explicit content

An award-winning artist known as Loverboy released a single called “Horny” the same year he was convicted for raping a 15-year-old girl.

Patrick Morie Bannah, who also goes by the stage name ConCcoins, was jailed for six years earlier this week after preying upon the intoxicated girl at an 18th birthday party.

The song starts with the lyrics “I want to spread your legs apart” before Bannah sings “We love your area, you looking tight.”

Patrick Bannah was found guilty of rape and attempted rape. Picture: Facebook

Some of the other lyrics include: “If you were make me hornier, you’d take my mind on a holiday”, “I wanna put it in … baby I put it in” and “Baby I want to climax on your body tonight, you do the sucking we be f***ing tonight.”

Bannah then goes on to sing: “Give me sweet love and I’ll go give it right back. Big booty girl I just know what you like.”

Some of Bannah’s other hits include “We Outside”, “VIP”, “Overdose”, “High Me”, “Judge”, and “Legitimate Man”.

The lyrics in VIP say “A lot of girls in my yard/Dey kind girls wey dem bum bum large.”

On its website, Spotify’s hateful conduct policy reads: “While we don’t believe in censoring content because of an artist’s or creator’s behaviour, we want our editorial decisions – what we choose to program – to reflect our values.

“So, in some circumstances, when an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, violence against children and sexual violence), it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.”

The Advertiser contacted Spotify on two occasions asking if Bannah’s music will be removed on their platform now he’s been convicted of rape.

However, they did not respond in time for publication.

Bannah boasts in his Spotify biography to have headlined international shows in Cambodia and Malaysia in 2013, receiving awards for Best Afrobeats in Australia in 2015, and being invited by the Liberian Entertainment Awards to perform in the USA.

However, he has an underwhelming number of listens per month with both profiles gaining only 200 listens.

Patrick Bannah, known as Loverboy, performing at one of his concerts. Picture: Facebook

Bannah’s sentence

During sentencing on Tuesday, the District Court heard the victim was at an 18th birthday party in an Adelaide Airbnb apartment in October 2020.

She drank alcohol for the first time and tried cannabis before going into one of the bedrooms.

Bannah then came into the bedroom and started touching the victim’s genitalia, with her telling him to stop.

Patrick Bannah cancelled his 10 year anniversary concert days after being found guilty of rape. Picture: Facebook

Patrick Bannah was jailed for six years.

He went on to attempt to sexually assault the child again before leaving the room.

Jonathon Zahinda then came into the bedroom later in the evening and also raped the girl.

A jury found Bannah, 28, of Elizabeth Grove, and Zahinda, 26, of Bordertown, guilty of rape.

Bannah was also found guilty of attempted rape, while Zahinda was found guilty of dissuading a witness last year.

Both men are appealing the verdict.

Judge Nick Alexandrides sentenced Bannah to six years jail, with a non-parole period of three years and three months.

Zahinda was sentenced to six years and 10 months jail, with a non-parole period of three years and six months.