‘Stop ditching afrobeats for amapiano’ – Rema tells colleagues

Popular singer, Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has harped on the need for Nigerian artists to maintain afrobeats’ culture to ensure the country’s dominance of the African music scene.

DAILY POST reports that there has been a heavy infiltration of South African genre, amapiano into the Nigerian music industry in recent years.

Speaking in an interview with Apple Music, Rema admitted that amapiano is a great genre but maintained that Nigerian artists must sustain afrobeats’ influence on the continent.

He noted that his recently-released sophomore album, ‘HeIs,’ was heavily inspired by…