According to Wizkid, afrobeats is not a musical genre.

Wizkid, a Grammy-winning singer and performer, stated in a recent post that the idea of afrobeats is false because it is not a musical genre.

In earlier posts on Friday, March 15, 2024, the singer hinted that he did not want to be classified as an afrobeats artist. His most recent social media post, which he shared on Saturday, March 16, 2024, provided context for his stance and explained why he does not believe afrobeats to be a genre.

According to Wizkid, he has created different kinds of music over the course of his lengthy and storied career, so labeling what he has created as afrobeats does not do his vast body of work credit.

He went on to state that he doesn’t want all his music to solely be categorized as afrobeats as it is a stupid classification as there is nothing like afrobeats, he went on to indicate that the concept of afrobeats is just a way of boxing what African artists create into just one category.

According to his statement, the musical genre known as afrobeats was essentially invented by certain individuals as a means of classifying the diverse range of music produced by African artists into a single, unified category.

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His post on social media read, “U lost people always want someone to educate you. U got your phone Google research sh*t or take a flight and see the world don’t be ignorant and stupid all the time. Listen, am I African? Yes! But I do make all sorts of music. Fine music! But I don’t want these labeled just afrobeats. That’s like saying every American artist makes rap. That’s stupid. This is why no matter how good or amazing the music we make be it RnB or whatever other genre, we all get nominated in one Africa category or the other. I’ve made songs from different genres of music. Made in Lagos is not an ‘Afrobeats’ album. That’s a fusion of different sounds. Real music! The word Afrobeats was made up by y’all to put all we make into one box. Fela created Afrobeat!! I make All sorts of music. Fusion of sounds! ‘I’m an artiste’ before anything else. True to my art. Not scared to try shit. Now y’all drink some milk!”

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