Wizkid vs. Afrobeats: What It Means for the Afrobeats Genre

In this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop discuss Wizkid’s statements about not being an afrobeats artist. They also touch on news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week, and all the major songs that dropped this week.

OUTLINE

00:00 - Introduction
02:25 - Catch up
05:40 -  Burna Boy, Ayra Starr & More Set To Perform At Glastonbury Festival
09:00 - Davido's 'Fall' earns diamond certification in France
10:10 - Wizkid vs. Afrobeats: What It Means for the Afrobeats Genre
24:55 - New Music
100 million Odumodu ft Tiwa Savage
Go Low by Pheelz
Liar by Justin Timberlake ft Fireboy
Loner by Bella Shmurda
Breeze by Ikechukwu
30:00 -  New Albums
             OG Unkle. Kilz by Ikechukwu
35:45 - The Charts
37:50 - Olamide Album Face-Off
43:24 - Sign out


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Creators & Guests

Host

Sho

Afrobeats and Hip-Hop fan

Host

Tunde Adediran

Tunde is an all-around curator of African music with an emphasis on West African sounds and has hosted several web music shows in the past. He currently writes and A&Rs for record labels in Nigeria.

What is Afrobeats Weekly?

Afrobeats Weekly is a podcast about African music that podcast highlights some of the biggest news around the Afrobeats genre and the people behind it - the musicians, producers, writers.