Davido has turn into the newest Nigerian artist to denounce Afrobeats after Wizkid, Burna Boy and Fireboy lately ditched the style.
Showing on the newest version of the Enterprise Untitled Podcast, the ‘OBO’ crooner lamented the “boxing” of all African artists into the Afrobeats style no matter their musical kinds.
He stated, “The primary place that accepted African music exterior Africa is the UK earlier than America later be part of. The UK termed African music Afrobeats.
“Afrobeat is a sound that was initially pioneered by Fela Kuti. However now all African songs are termed Afrobeats. If an African artiste sings pure R&B, sounding like SZA, Summerwalker, they put them below Afrobeats. If an African rapper rapping like Drake, they nonetheless put them below Afrobeats.
“I don’t get offend after we’ve been categorised as Afrobeats. I imply, we want a style. It could possibly be R&B or Afropop. I name my music Afrofusion however I’m not huge on ‘O put Afrofusion on my music.’ I understand how lengthy it took for African music to turn into mainstream.”
