Singer Yemi Alade has said that downplaying the role of Afrobeats in the development of music artistes is hypocrisy.
The 35-year-old said this in an Instagram story on Wednesday.
She wrote: “I don’t see anything wrong in informing your listeners of the genre of music an artist makes especially when you feel it doesn’t define your art. Just Announce your Genre in peace. Downplaying the role Afrobeats has played in every artist’s development is hypocrisy.”
This comes after her colleague Wizkid joined Burna Boy to clarify that he is not an Afrobeats artiste.
Wizkid also urged fans of Afrobeats not to download his forthcoming album.
“And abeg if you like Pakurumo Wizkid, don’t download this new album. In fact, delete me from your playlist and your life!
“If you like Afrobeats, don’t download my album. I’m not a f*cking Afrobeats artiste. I am not Afro anything,” he wrote.
Recall that in a July 2022 interview on the Million Dollar Worth of Game podcast Burna Boy stated that his genre of music is called Afrofusion and not Afrobeats as assumed by many.
According to Burna Boy, because his music genre originated in Africa does not make it Afrobeats.
