Famous Nigerian highlife singer, Chinedu Okoli, better known as Flavour, has disclosed that he is not an Afrobeats artist.
Speaking on the recent episode of the ‘Afrobeats Podcast’ hosted by Shopsydoo, Flavour explained that he is not bothered about not being acknowledged for the global rise of Nigeria’s Afrobeats genre because he is not an Afrobeats artiste.
He added that he deserves to be credited for his contribution to African music but that is not happening because the media promotes only Afrobeats as a genre from Africa.
He said:
“I don’t feel bad when I’m not given credit on the global rise of African music because what the media is talking about is Afrobeats. I’m not an Afrobeats artiste,”
What I’m doing is African music. There are guys like Fally Ipupa, Diamond Platinumz who are pushing African music globally that are not Afrobeats artists.
“Most times, the media just talks about Afrobeats. They are not talking about African music. If you talk about African music, of course, you should mention my name.”
