Fela not originator of Afrobeats – Tekno claims

Singer, Augustine Miles Kelechi, popularly known arsenic Tekno, has sparked contention aft claiming that the precocious euphony maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was not the originator of Afrobeats, arsenic wide believed.

Speaking successful a caller interrogation with Hot 97 FM successful New York, Tekno argued that determination are galore euphony legends, specified arsenic Oliver De Coque, who besides contributed to the improvement of Afrobeats arsenic overmuch arsenic Fela did.

He claimed that Fela took “all the credits” due to the fact that helium was much travelled and “opportune.”

He explained that Fela was a fable who contributed immensely to the genre, but that others besides deserved immoderate credit.

“Fela is not the originator of Afrobeats. Lagos radical and the Yorubas mightiness accidental helium is the one, but I americium from the East, and we had legends similar Oliver De Coque. Oliver De Coque made axenic highlife music. Highlife is besides Afrobeats.

“My opus ‘Rara’ is heavy inspired by Fela due to the fact that I heard his euphony portion increasing up. He is simply a legend. He was the 1 who took Afrobeat international. But determination are different radical that we perceive to. In the East, we had immoderate legends who sang immoderate benignant of euphony that, if you heard today, you wouldn’t judge was made successful those times.

“I consciousness similar these legends deserved much recognition. I would accidental I was m...