Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has hailed himself for his immense contributions to the afrobeats genre in the country and abroad.
According to the Grammy-nominated artiste, it’s not possible to talk about afrobeats without the mention of his name.
In a recent interview, the singer asserted, “Afrobeats can’t be brought up without my name. Impossible.”
Despite being widely regarded as one of the three biggest afrobeats artists along with Wizkid and Burna Boy, Davido has previously denounced the genre like the two others.
Earlier, Davido lamented the “boxing” of all African artists into the Afrobeats genre regardless of their musical styles.
He said he prefers to be referred to as an “afro-fusion” artist, but added that he isn’t offended by the afrobeats tag because of its impact on African music.
“I don’t get offended 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,” he stated.
