Emphasizing his musical style, Nigerian artist Fireboy DML recently reiterated that his music does not fall under the Afrobeats genre.
He did, however, mention that his music always reflects his roots and identity.
Appearing as a guest on the latest episode of the Amazon Music podcast, ‘B And N,’ the ‘Peru’ singer expressed, “As I always said, I don’t make Afrobeats. I just sort of like combined stuffs. I do different kinds of music so even when I am making R&B or pop, you can hear the Yoruba ‘h’ factor.”
He added, “You just know that this is not an American or British person, so you can always tell that my roots and my identity is always in my music.”
Discussing the global recognition of Nigerian music artists, Fireboy highlighted the importance of establishing a solid foundation for the local music industry.
“One thing I want to take about is we are here [Western world] now. Afrobeats is here now. So what is the way forward? What next?
“I personally think this Afrobeats to the world thing shouldn’t be given more attention. I mean, we are already here. even before the Grammy [created an African category], we’ve already been recognised. We’ve achieved so much. So we need to build a structure. And more concerned about the future of the genre; the sustainability,” he expressed.