Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has expressed his views on Afrobeats.
He believes that Afrobeats functions more as a label than an actual music genre.
The Grammy-nominated Afrobeat artist explained that both performers and industry executives do not approach Afrobeats as a true genre.
In a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM Lagos, Kuti argued that Afrobeats is just a tag for music from the Africa.
“I think Afrobeats is more of a title than a genre. You can see Amapiano is the new Afrobeats. It’s the new title, it’s the new thing in Afrobeats. So, Afrobeats is just a generalisation; it’s just a title to identify something from a particular place [Africa].
“I don’t think it’s a genre. Even the gatekeepers, the big names don’t deal with it like a genre, they don’t work it like a genre. They are [Afrobeats] artists that are eclectic in a way that they could do a dancehall track today, do a blue track tomorrow, do a Nigerian pop sound, jump on Amapiano, and whatever that is trending. So, I think it’s actually a title,” he stated.