Afrobeats musician Davido, from Nigeria, claims he does Afrofusion instead of Afrobeats.
With this disclosure, Davido becomes one of the increasing number of artists—including Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Fireboy—who do not identify as fans of the Afrobeats genre.
The “OBO” crooner bemoaned the “boxing” of all African artists into the Afrobeats genre, regardless of their musical styles, in an appearance on the most recent episode of the Business Untitled Podcast.
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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.”
