My Kind Of Music Is Afrofusion – Davido Denounces Afrobeats

My Kind Of Music Is Afrofusion – Davido Denounces Afrobeats

Davido is the latest Nigerian artist to denounce Afrobeats, following in the footsteps of Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Fireboy.

In a recent appearance on the Business Untitled Podcast, Davido expressed his frustration with the labeling of all African artists under the Afrobeats genre, regardless of their unique musical styles.

He emphasized that Afrobeats is a specific sound pioneered by Fela Kuti, and that African artists who create different genres like R&B or Afropop should not be categorized under Afrobeats.

Despite this, Davido acknowledged the need for a genre and referred to his own music as 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.”