Nigerian singer and song-writer, Tiwa Savage has debunked the negative statements made about Afrobeats by other artists.
The artist, in an interview at the Unstoppable Africans event, claimed that the Afrobeats genre is becoming that fastest growing genre in the world.
She dismissed the negative claims made about the genre by fellow artists like Paul Okoye and DJ Big N.
“Afrobeats is the fastest growing genre in the world. We kind of created it with nothing; no support, no infrastructure, no real belief even from our own people initially. I remember growing up in London and I was not happy being African. But now I’m so proud because of how big Afrobeats is growing,” she said.
Tiwa Savage also spoke about the impact of Afrobetas globally. She stated that Afrobeats songs keep topping and dominating international and global charts, emphasising that the genre is here to stay.
“There was a conversation at one point that Afrobeats is going to have its 15 minutes of fame and then fades away. But we are still here. We are not slowing down. In fact, we are filling out stadiums, and we are getting the biggest songs on the charts right now. I don’t know how true this is, but apparently one in every four black persons is a Nigerian or an African. So, we are not going anywhere. As much as they are trying to quiet us down, the music is not going anywhere.
We are Africans and we are unstoppable,” she added.
