Lasun Alagbe
‘Star musician, Davido, says afrobeats has become so huge that even American artistes demand it during collaborations.
According to him, afrobeats first conquered Europe and is now the toast in the US.
In a recent interview with Kiss Fresh UK, he said that Africa was having a fresh image around the globe as the world was now seeing Africans in a better light.
He said: “This summer, I was in Europe a lot.
I had like two gigs, but I was on vacation.
And I saw that the landscape has changed.
Two years ago, when I was in Europe, they were playing Afrobeats for straight one hour.
“I mean, people love Afrobeats.
Everybody likes that sound now, even in America.
Even when we want to collaborate with American artists and we want to do their own sound, they are like, no, no, let’s do Afrobeats.
“Now, the narrative [about Africans] has changed.
The respect is there. Not only in music but in fashion, food.”
