In Summary
- Davido Denounces Afrobeats, Reveals His Music Genre
- Burna Boy and Wizkid earlier denounced afrobeats
- Davido names his top most favorite artists
Davido has revealed the top three favourite artists when it comes to collaboration.
Speaking during an interview with an American podcast, Business Untitled, Davido named two Nigerian artists and an American singer as his top three favourite artists.
Asked to name his favourite artists in terms of collaboration, he mentioned Chris Brown, Kizz Daniel and Zlatan Ibile.
“I love working with Chris Brown, Kizz Daniel and Zlatan [Ibile],” he said.
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Davido Reveals His Music Genre
The Grammy-nominated Nigerian star , has ditched the ‘Afrobeats’ music genre.
However, he does not feel offended when everyone has been categorised into such a genre, but he prefers to call his style of music ‘Afrofusion’.
He said, “The first place that accepted African music outside Africa is the UK before America later join. The UK termed African music Afrobeats.
“Afrobeat is a sound that was originally pioneered by Fela Kuti. But now all African songs are termed Afrobeats. If an African artiste sings pure R&B, sounding like SZA, Summerwalker, they put them under Afrobeats. If an African rapper rapping like Drake, they still put them under Afrobeats.
“I don’t get offend when we’ve been categorised as Afrobeats. I mean, we need a genre. It could be R&B or Afropop. I call my music Afrofusion but I’m not big on ‘O put Afrofusion on my song.’ I know how long it took for African music to become mainstream.”
Artists Denouncing Afro beats
Burna Boy made headlines after he said his music does not fall under Afrobeats, describing his music as Afro-fusion.
In an interview with BET, Nigerian star Fireboy DML restated his style as “Afro-life,” echoing Burna’s sentiment that Afrobeats is all vibes and no meaningful lyrics.
Wizkid also trended after he said he didn’t want to be described as an Afrobeats singer.
