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Melagros:
COMRADES, I may somewhat disagree with Akon because, before he came to Nigeria in 2008 for the promotion of the Afrobeats music, Donjazzy and Kennies have already taken the music to the global scene

oga how did don jazzy took afrobeats to world stage.

100 percent agreed with Akon, he actually did it.

Goodlady:
You seem to be write. Akon take your flowers.
People except him to start with history of afrobeats from time of Fela.

Afrobeat is different from Afrobeats, Afrobeat is Fela’s creation, while Afrobeats is what present Nigerian pop singers call their music.

SmartPolician:
You cannot be arguing with everyone. Afrobeat went global because it was accepted in the western world. The west practically runs this world and if they accept you, everyone else will. Akon played a significant role in making afrobeat go global.

Fela took afrobeat global during his lifetime...what Akon did was to simply reawaken the interest of American producers in the genre

After taking two wraps of eba little strength don dey to argue irrelevant issues again.

American blood in Akon is making him going weird. We enjoyed 9nice and 2baba, e.t.c then. Akon why? You are majorly an America singer, na sense you give yourself to make return to Africa after your music career was about to be faded.

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alimiadedayo1:
oga let us give akon the flowers, he actually promoted Afro beat in USA.. WIzkid was only known in Africa, it wa Akon that pushed Wizkid in USA, When the Nigerian Artist featured him, that is how they are well known in USA.. Internet dont forget.Akon actually promoted afro beat in USA

Don't mind them..
All of a sudden everyone has forgotten how influential Akon was then. Nigerians ate a bunch of ungrateful wretches

otipoju:
That Davido boy did more for the promotion of Afrobeats in the western world than anybody.

Davido was buying the latest iPhone for air. club DJ's and Radio DJ's nationwide to play his songs in clubs and on air. As more people heard, the music spread.

He really put in the underground leg work.

Wizkid was already an international superstar when Akon had a deal with him.

The internet, online music streaming platforms and available funds for a lot of young guys to buy recording equipment to make music instead of relying on Kennis Music abd a very few others are what made the music popular.

Akon jumped on a moving train, he did not start the train. The likes of Junior and pretty, Remedies,Alex O Alex Zitto wete the early pioneers of this Afrobeats.

Juju, Highlife,Fuji, Apala and Felas original Afrobeats were the mainstream.music genres available

for global stage is more likely Kanye West. Signing of dbanj /don jazzy.
We know the story of dbanj met up with Kanye West ND showing his works ND according to dbanj when kanye west saw him dbanj feature Snoop Dogg video (Mr endowed remix) which was the first official intl feature video. That motivated Kanye West which a statement that is him that will bring them to America instead. That signing was the beginning of the global stage journey. Wizkid,was local champions then.


Why am saying this is that after the breakup of Don jazzy ND dbanj Mohits
The entertainment media has underrated even painting dbanj negatively at a certain time. Later maybe genz in the media space pushing this wrong narrative that it was Davido ND Wizkid paved way for global stage. They only continued the journey from where drank Don jazzy stopped. Let start educate the gen z

As far back as 2003, Wyclef Jean came to Nigeria and had a collaboration with Tuface, Sound Sultan and Faze. The song was part of his album and still remains evergreen till date. 👇👇👇


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Z5xnFrOnQ?si=cvs9TN0IYLBXwCYU

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lack of education is bad! Nigerians lack comprehensive knowledge

Sirianese:
Fela took afrobeat global during his lifetime...what Akon did was to simply reawaken the interest of American producers in the genre

Fela started afrobeat and performed in a couple of places outside Nigeria. That doesn't mean going global. How many people knew Fela in his days outside Nigeria?

What Fela did in his days was similar to what Oriental Brothers or King Sunny Ade did with highlife in their time. Afrobeat went global in recent times. Going global means everyone is playing and dancing to it by default.

alimiadedayo1:
oga let us give akon the flowers, he actually promoted Afro beat in USA.. WIzkid was only known in Africa, it wa Akon that pushed Wizkid in USA, When the Nigerian Artist featured him, that is how they are well known in USA.. Internet dont forget.Akon actually promoted afro beat in USA

Leave them make them dey talk nonsense

SmartPolician:
Fela started afrobeat and performed in a couple of places outside Nigeria. That doesn't mean going global. How many people knew Fela in his days outside Nigeria?

What Fela did in his days was similar to what Oriental Brothers or King Sunny Ade did with highlife in their time. Afrobeat went global in recent times. Going global means everyone is playing and dancing to it by default.

Who told you that Fela only performed in a couple of places outside Nigeria??

No offence intended but how old are you??

Westerners will never dance to afrobeat 'by default' they have their own genres...you only see them at afrobeat concerts out of curiosity.

What the new generation have at their disposal is simply social media, and Fela did many tours America and Europe filling up high-capacity venues without the help of social media!

Na one of his tracks be that

Atarakpa:
We don't care

qwc

Kog45:
Hmmm,na iPhone Davido used promote Afro beats😔

30BGs are fools! 😆

Kog45:
Hmmm,na iPhone Davido used promote Afro beats😔

The logic is simple. If DJ' s play your songs in the clubs and On air on tv and radio, you get more exposure and more hears will listen to it and then can get to know the artist.

You can't fall un love with a sound you have never hear and wont hear if it's not introduced to you.


The question is could Davido afford to gift 200 iphones to promote his music and break into a market that is closed off and seen as competition

Instead of him to speak the truth , he uses the likes of Dbanj Wizkid, Psquare,MayD to penetrate Nigeria music market , partner with the to sell more copies of his album. He's now speaking trash. He's calculative like juma. He just want to cause online buzz for his upcoming single

otipoju:
That Davido boy did more for the promotion of Afrobeats in the western world than anybody.

Davido was buying the latest iPhone for air. club DJ's and Radio DJ's nationwide to play his songs in clubs and on air. As more people heard, the music spread.

He really put in the underground leg work.

Wizkid was already an international superstar when Akon had a deal with him.

The internet, online music streaming platforms and available funds for a lot of young guys to buy recording equipment to make music instead of relying on Kennis Music abd a very few others are what made the music popular.

Akon jumped on a moving train, he did not start the train. The likes of Junior and pretty, Remedies,Alex O Alex Zitto wete the early pioneers of this Afrobeats.

Juju, Highlife,Fuji, Apala and Felas original Afrobeats were the mainstream.music genres available

Bro Akon might have sounded stupid but truly he put the afrobeat on the map..That year you talking about we was still listening to Ghana musicians and French musicians like awilo and the rest..Dagrin was a rapper but still had more legs than wizkid and davido then..Davidos first single(Back When) was not even on the chart..When Davido dropped (Back when) I heard it first on Channel O and it still took 2yrs before people even knew it was this Davido..So Akon truly put afrobeat on the map..Don’t forget he was on the Wizkid holla at your boy rmx song but it was leaked and later featured on Roll it.

SmartPolician:
Fela started afrobeat and performed in a couple of places outside Nigeria. That doesn't mean going global. How many people knew Fela in his days outside Nigeria?

What Fela did in his days was similar to what Oriental Brothers or King Sunny Ade did with highlife in their time. Afrobeat went global in recent times. Going global means everyone is playing and dancing to it by default.

Did oriental brothers sign to Sony Music?

Sonnobax15:

Truth is bitter...

But deep down,you and I know Akon paved the way for the global breakthrough of afrobeats.

He didn't cos it flopped. Which global afrobears collaboration did he do? Chop my money was a hit already akon only did a remix.

What notetable collaboration did he do with wizkid?

Akon is suffering from a complex that makes him think he owns global African music and he paved the way when indeed he paved the way for likes of lady gaga, other Americans and himself in America.

None of his American hit albums featured African artists, he only did collaborations with Africans when his American career was declining.

Akon did not create afrobeat but he did put it on the global scene..He did well for the Afrobeat we see today..Thanks to Psquare too cause who could pay an international artist back then just to feature on a song..

Coldie:
I blame Yoruba ronu for this

yes he is no doubt.
But one thing i hate about African Americans in US is they claim always victimized on racism but this people do same to core blooded Africans.

They way they treat and look down on Africans as their inferiors. Im talking with experience. Infant the foreign movies are their as evidences too

alimiadedayo1:
oga let us give akon the flowers, he actually promoted Afro beat in USA.. WIzkid was only known in Africa, it wa Akon that pushed Wizkid in USA, When the Nigerian Artist featured him, that is how they are well known in USA.. Internet dont forget.Akon actually promoted afro beat in USA

Thanks for speaking the truth!

People forget so soon.

jaxxy:
He didn't cos it flopped. Which global afrobears collaboration did he do? Chop my money was a hit already akon only did a remix.

What notetable collaboration did he do with wizkid?

Akon is suffering from a complex that makes him think he owns global African music and he paved the way when indeed he paved the way for likes of lady gaga, other Americans and himself in America.

None of his American hit albums featured African artists, he only did collaborations with Africans when his American career was declining.

Chop my money was a hit in Nigeria, it had no recognition on the international stage. It was after Psquare broke into the US market that even their old music started getting international views.

alimiadedayo1:
oga let us give akon the flowers, he actually promoted Afro beat in USA.. WIzkid was only known in Africa, it wa Akon that pushed Wizkid in USA, When the Nigerian Artist featured him, that is how they are well known in USA.. Internet dont forget.Akon actually promoted afro beat in USA

...From there, I went to Nigeria. What we created in Nigeria was what you see and hear now as Afrobeats.”

Bro he literally claimed they created Afrobeats from the above. Promotion is different from creation. How can he claim to create Afrobeats

That is totally false!
Don't rush to take his side because he's AKON.
He must be crazy to make such claim.

Flowers kor, weed ni... Mtcheeew!

Sonnobax15:

Truth is bitter...

But deep down,you and I know Akon paved the way for the global breakthrough of afrobeats.

From there, I went to Nigeria. What we created in Nigeria was what you see and hear now as Afrobeats.”

FrontPage dey always make una type rubbish.
If they ask you how he created Afrobeats from his statement above now can you answer?

Mumu! Na shallow thinking peope like you dey encourage our politicians to do nonsense.

Mumu!

Akon has been smoking...

And it's not good for his already very black skin.

SmartPolician:
You cannot be arguing with everyone. Afrobeat went global because it was accepted in the western world. The west practically runs this world and if they accept you, everyone else will. Akon played a significant role in making afrobeat go global.

“…I was in Africa and time just flew past. 2008 was my last official album, which was the ‘Freedom’ album,” Akon recounted. “And then I was producing the music for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. From there, I went to Nigeria. What we created in Nigeria was what you see and hear now as Afrobeats.”

He promoted it no doubt but I have issues with the "creation" part. That's ridiculous and taking too much credit, there by undermining the effort of Nigerian artistes.

Sirianese:
Everyone knows Akon as a habitual liar and undercover con-artist

Akon is bigger than any artist in Africa, just so you know.

Headline: Nigerians slam Singer (Akon) for claiming creation of Afrobats.

Akon said: he played a major role in THE RISE of Afrobeats.

Is it we just read headlines and comment? ...is it we read but don't understand? ... or are we just haters? It's this same mentality that cause innocent people to lose their lives through jungle justice. Akon ...crucified because we thought he said something he didn't say....never mind he said it but we didn't want to listen .

@ popularity worldwide etc. Davido and Wizkid were virtually unknown in the USA. African Queen was the only song that made some waves...and that wasn't even thought iof as Afrobeat. Then it was back to silence from Africa period. Davido made Fall ... made no waves in the US ...not even a ripple....was not played on air period. Davido was unknown in the US. The following year ... he did promotions ...got on radio stations etc....introduced himself and music...most telling on the very popular 105.1 fm Breakfast Club radio she in New York where many artists do promotions. 105.1 had that song on rotation and people were requesting it ... other stations began to play it and it caught on like wildfire. At that point ...Wizkid? ....unknown . That's when Afrobeat took off in the US .I would argue that Davido ...who did a great interview...opened the door for Afrobeat to be as popular as it is today. Wizkid followed up with Essence .... that one also played all day everywhere.

Again ..Akon never said he created Afrobeat ...said he helped in its rise .

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Mchew afrobeats made this one's whole career

otipoju:
That Davido boy did more for the promotion of Afrobeats in the western world than anybody.

Davido was buying the latest iPhone for air. club DJ's and Radio DJ's nationwide to play his songs in clubs and on air. As more people heard, the music spread.

He really put in the underground leg work.

Wizkid was already an international superstar when Akon had a deal with him.

The internet, online music streaming platforms and available funds for a lot of young guys to buy recording equipment to make music instead of relying on Kennis Music abd a very few others are what made the music popular.

Akon jumped on a moving train, he did not start the train. The likes of Junior and pretty, Remedies,Alex O Alex Zitto wete the early pioneers of this Afrobeats.

Juju, Highlife,Fuji, Apala and Felas original Afrobeats were the mainstream.music genres available

Juju music. Fela's Afrobeat and the so called ''Afrobeats'' all came from Ghana's Highlife, Hiplife and Azonto.
Fela went to live in Ghana in 1967-69 and joined a band called Hedzolleh to learn Afrobeat. Juju music is more than 90 percent Highlife
The current so called Afrobeats relies on beats and rhythms from fast-tempo Highlife, Hiplife and Azonto which all came from Ghana. The Azonto craze in 2010-12 is what created a new vibe that led to the current waves in the so called Afrobeats starte
Mr Eazi said this some years ago..

Nigeria is only making the most noise because of the effect of the huge poplutation and the market.