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Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by UncleSnr(m): 12:23pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince, asserts that his 2011 track “Oleku” marked the genesis of the “Afrobeats” genre. Asserting that his team consciously added an “s” to Fela Kuti’s “Afrobeat” label, Ice Prince contends that this alteration was pivotal in differentiating their new sound. In a recent interview with Echoo Room, Ice Prince emphasized the significance when “Oleku” received airplay on BBC Radio, branding it as one of the earliest Afrobeats tracks to attain such recognition. Ice Prince avowed, “They [foreign DJs] didn’t know what to call our music and they couldn’t call it Afrobeat. So, we [I and my team] told them to put an ‘s’ it to make it Afrobeats.” Ice Prince further challenged the commonly held belief that Ghanaian-British DJ Abrantee is credited with coining the term “Afrobeats,” asserting that it was their directive to use the label. He queried, “If not tell me who came up with the ‘s’ at the end? A lot of people said it is credited to DJ Abrante, but guess what? Abrante was the one that playlisted the song ‘Oleku.’ That’s my own claim, o!” https://mediatalkafrica.com/139935/ice-prince-claims-oleku-was-the-inaugural-afrobeats-anthem/ 15 Likes
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by illicit(m): 12:27pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Johnycastro18: 12:48pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Lols, claiming to be the first.... Let's just hope that blackface will not come and claim he is the real owner of the "oleku" song 92 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by saddler: 4:30pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by shadrach77: 4:30pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Pure trash! Wizkid's "Pakurumo" and Davido's "Dami Duro" all came before Oleku He is just trying to make himself relevant 20 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by jojothaiv(m): 4:31pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Lol! His verse on Money Freestyle is still lit 4 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by UrgentNeeds(m): 4:32pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Johnycastro18:Omo, Wait I dey come. Make I go call Black Face Come First.... 20 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Emperor4tune(m): 4:32pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
what a failed career,the other day he brag on how he became the middle man bringing wizkid and davido together,i think iceprince is on ice (mkpurumini) 2 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by mrjoeblinks: 4:32pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Ehen? . Oleku doesn't sound Afro to me though but it's a great jam shekinah! 16 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Wuless82(m): 4:33pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
UncleSnr: So what happened since then. Abi other artists borrowed your voice and didn't return it to you 🤷🤷🤷 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by MANNABBQGRILLS: 4:33pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Him try..... But definitely NAH! 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by oka4ugoo: 4:35pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
How this guy career take nosedive still dey surprise me 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Patriotic9ja(m): 4:37pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
KingTundeX: Lol 😆 😂 😜. Black ⚫️ Face is still typing 🤣 😂 2 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by faceland: 4:41pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by FreeStuffsNG: 4:42pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
UncleSnr:Very inaccurate. He is dishing out outright falsehood and he's not different from those lying that Nollywood started with the home video Living In Bondage when even years before it was released Late Aromire had been releasing back to back home videos. Check my signature for free stuffs! 1 Like |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Sonnobax15(m): 4:43pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by SmartyPants(m): 4:46pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
D'Banj is who I'd consider the true pioneer of afrobeats but the point Ice Prince is making, if you watch the video, is that the person who first coined the afrobeats name did it after listening to Oleku. 12 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by regaliaregalia: 4:51pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by femi4: 4:57pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by azpekuliar: 4:57pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
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Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by tragergeorge(m): 5:00pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Definitely 2 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by akwesenana: 5:02pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Oleku was unambiguously a rap song. No Afrobeats there. 10 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by grandstar(m): 5:11pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
It should be called afropops and not afrobeats |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by ABC101FF: 5:21pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
Ogbeni enter studio and stop to dey miscap. 2 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by ObaKlaz: 5:29pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
No be only Oleku, na Action Bitters. 2 Likes |
Re: Ice Prince Claims “oleku” Was The Inaugural Afrobeats Anthem by Ohraykon: 5:32pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
what matters is has he done his part in the naija music industry 3 Likes 2 Shares |
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