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Published on 2024-09-20 18:43:15
Veteran music producer ID Cabasa has dismissed the Jamaican reggae icon Buju Banton’s condemnatory view of Afrobeats.
Banton had in August described Afrobeats as a “shallow and unsubstantial music genre,” arguing that it doesn’t spotlight the struggles of Africa despite its global recognition.
Speaking with journalists at the memorial lecture of the late cleric, Denis Joseph Slattery, in Lagos on Thursday, Cabasa stated that the Jamaican singer lacks understanding of Afrobeat’s language and style.
According to him: “Buju Banton does not understand the genre. Can he speak our…
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