Entertainment
South Africans knock Spotify for using Davido as Amapiano playlist cover
Some South Africans on social media have called out Spotify for using Davido, the Afrobeats singer, as the cover for Amapiano playlist on its streaming platform.
Amapiano is a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in 2012. It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz, lounge music, and wide percussive basslines.
The genre is distinguished by high-pitched piano melodies, Kwaito basslines, low-tempo 90s South African house rhythms, and percussions from another local subgenre of house music known as Bacardi.
Afrobeats, on the other hand, is a music genre commonly adopted by West African artistes. It gained popularity in the early 2000s.
Spotify recently unveiled Davido as the cover for the playlist of the South African music genre and captioned it ‘Amapiano To The World’.
The streamer added: “Join the global amapiano movement with tracks and artists pushing amapiano on the global stage. Cover: Davido”.
The development, however, did not sit too well with a lot of South African music lovers; some of whom took to X to register their annoyance at Spotify.
“@Spotify What is this why are you mixing Amapiano with other genres, whoever you got to compile this playlist must be fired & you should hire a South African to compile these playlists, there is Amapiano Afrobeats and Afroyano dont mix them into one thing and say its Amapiano,” a user wrote.
“@Spotify am canceling my subscription with immediate effect. Amapiano was born and bred in SA,” another user wrote.
Here are some of the reactions below:
@Spotify the disrespect you have towards SA artists when it comes to Amapiano is irritating! It’s like your researchers don’t even try ai?
— 🇿🇦 🫶🏾🇿🇦 (@TheRealBandisa) November 26, 2023
Dear @Spotify , Amapiano is a SOUTH AFRICAN ORIGINAL GENRE, none of it has ANY connection to Nigeria whatsoever, so plis😳😳😳 https://t.co/0dg9pW1QC6
— 🙂The Singing Author 😌 (@AshleyBluJayR) November 25, 2023
@Spotify am canceling my subscription with immediate effect. Amapiano was born and bred in SA.
— Skoenpampier (@nulified_void) November 25, 2023
@Spotify why you put a Nigerian as the face of a South African sound?
— Siya (@ADS_ZAR) November 25, 2023
@Spotify What is this why are you mixing Amapiano with other genres, whoever you got to compile this playlist must be fired & you should hire a South African to compile these playlists, there is Amapiano Afrobeats and Afroyano dont mix them into one thing and say its Amapiano pic.twitter.com/AVLeErjOn0
— BROEWELLA MAAN🎙🇿🇦 (@SpitMochene) November 25, 2023
Nigerian artist is Amapiano 's cover on Spotify 😩 pic.twitter.com/64n1nZy8Xg
— Hermaine M (@HermaineM) November 25, 2023
They stealing Amapiano from us the same way they stole Afrobeats from Ghanaians. https://t.co/9584M2dGaf
— Paballo❄️ (@paballo_maseko) November 25, 2023
Na South Africa 🇿🇦 get Amapiano but na Nigerians wan use am collect Grammy award 😂 pic.twitter.com/zVkkVvIc8h
— 👣 BOY O’ BOY 💜🤍😇🤌🏻☯️🙈 (@GEORGETOGZD) November 24, 2023
nigerians are lowkey the bullies of africa
— michael (@mc_rhymz) November 23, 2023
we snatched “pon pon” from ghana that year, snatched “azonto” too
went to SA and snatched “amapiano”
and we end up looking like the orginators cos none of them can fight our musical reach internationally 😂
Nigerians and their superiority complex😫😭wtf do y'all mean Nigerians made Amapiano genre global?
— Bambina 𝕏🇿🇲💓 (@Bambina1908) November 23, 2023
Reaping what you didn't sow is crazy😭
You can't steal and take away amapiano from SA that's part of their identity
If you like try it will still not jig😂 https://t.co/uHWztkh27K
Entertainment
Chris Brown opens up on dating multiple ladies
Chris Brown, the American singer, has revealed that he is in a polygamous relationship.
Brown, in a YouTube live with Kai Cenat, the US content creator, addressed questions about his personal life.
When asked if he was in a relationship, the 35-year-old Virginia-born artiste replied, “I am in multiple”.
Cenat sought clarification, asking, “Like more than one girlfriend?” Brown responded, “Something like that”.
The award-winning singer also emphasized the importance of transparency and honesty in maintaining his polygamous relationships.
“Just keep it a hundred. Be honest,” he added.
This is not the first time Brown would be addressing polygamy.
In an interview with Hot 97, the singer opened up about the challenges of maintaining a monogamous relationship due to his celebrity status and constant exposure to women.
“The hardest part is trying to keep a monogamous relationship, but still wanting to be the 25-year-old sex symbol,” he said.
“You go to shows. You might walk by somebody’s room, and you might see about six or seven of them thangs. And you’re like, dang, I just want to slide in there and have a couple drinks real quick and I’ll tell my girl about it later.”
Born Christopher Maurice Brown, the songwriter is often referred to by his contemporaries as the “king of R&B”.
Entertainment
Bimpe Akintunde warns Nigerians against scammers impersonating her on WhatsApp
Bimpe Akintunde, the Nollywood actress, has raised an alarm over a fake WhatsApp account created in her name to scam unsuspecting individuals.
The film star took to her Instagram story to share screenshots of the impersonator, posing as her to solicit money from her followers.
Akintunde expressed her frustration and disappointment, cursing the scammer for attempting to profit from her hard work. She warned the public to be cautious of the impersonator on any media platform.
The actress urged her fans to help report the scammer’s WhatsApp and bank accounts.
She also prayed that God should keep such fraudulent individuals away from her and her loved ones.
“What a morning. Tell me how this country wants to be great, when a lot of people are struggling, working hard to build a name and brand, and boom, one person will take their pictures and name only to be defrauding people up and down,” she wrote.
“Who gave birth to such a child? Useless children, may God keep them away from us.
“Please disregard any message from anyone, either in your DM or WhatsApp, asking you to send money.
“Please, it not me. I do not own this above number. I would appreciate it if we could find a way to report both the WhatsApp and the Opay account.”
Entertainment
Davido advises black Americans not to relocate to Nigeria, says ‘the economy is in shambles’
Davido, the Afrobeats star, has advised black Americans against relocating to Nigeria, citing the country’s economic challenges.
In an appearance on The Big Homies House podcast, the singer shared his thoughts on the struggles bedeviling Nigeria, stating, “It is not cool back home. The economy is in shambles”.
Davido also mentioned Nigeria’s struggles with bad leadership, a high exchange rate, and skyrocketing oil prices, which are negatively impacting the country.
“It is not cool back home. The economy is in shambles. I do my part, I am an ambassador. When I go home and I am filming, I am no going to show the bad parts,” he said.
“I am talking about the situation in the country. Now the exchange rate is messed up, a lot of stuffs are not going well.
“The economy is just not good enough. The oil price is too high. Imagine the country that produces oil, paying more for it than a country importing oil.”
Despite the challenges, Davido emphasised the entertainment industry’s positive impact on Africa’s global image.
“Regardless, entertainment is one of the thing that has made Africa look good. We do not have the best leader, that is a fact,” he said.
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