UPDATED: Another One Bites The Dust: Davido Too Denounces Afrobeats, Said He Sings Afrofusion [Videos]

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In a surprising turn, weeks after proclaiming himself the King of Afrobeats, Davido has followed in the footsteps of Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Fireboy by distancing himself from the Afrobeats genre.

During his appearance on the latest episode of the Business Untitled Podcast, the 'OBO' crooner expressed dissatisfaction with the tendency to label all African artists as Afrobeats, irrespective of their unique musical expressions.

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.”

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“I don’t call my music Afrobeats, I call it Afro-fusion because it’s just too different”

- Davido

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Source: Daily Post

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