1. He makes other kinds of music
The music star wrote, “Listen, am I an African? Yes! But I do make all sorts of music. Fine music! But I don’t want these labelled just Afrobeats. That’s like saying every American artiste makes rap. That’s stupid.”
He later added, “Made in Lagos is not an Afrobeats album, that’s a fusion of different sounds. Real music!”
2. Something to do with award categorisations
Wizkid also seems to be concerned about how being labelled as an Afrobeats artist might influence his prospects during awards ceremonies. He appears to worry about the impact that the categorization of Afrobeats could have on his chances of winning awards.
He wrote, “This is why no matter how good or amazing the music we make, be it RnB or whatever the genre, we all get nominated in the one Africa category or the other; I’ve made songs from different genres of music.”
3. The origin of the ‘Afrobeats’ tag
The origins of the Afrobeats label seem to trouble Wizkid, who holds a different opinion about it.
He wrote, “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.”
Some Nigerian musicians, like Burna Boy and FireboyDML, have also tried to move away from Afrobeats music.
