Africans Drag Recording Academy (Grammys) Over Afrobeats Post | SEE

Africans are taking turns calling out the global outfit (Grammys) over their recent article on Afrobeats.

By Ademola Bashorun

The Recording Academy (Grammys) is receiving a lot of heat from angry Africans after its misinformative post about what Afrobeats represents.

The academy, which is responsible for the Grammy Awards, arguably the biggest platform that awards artistic excellence on a global scale, is currently under fire after it put out an article on Afrobeats.

Recall that a detailed Netflix documentary on the origin of Afrobeats titled “Afrobeats Backstory” was recently released, written and told by Africans who partook in the building and spreading of the genre, which negates the Recording Academy’s article.

The Recording academy on July 27th, 2022, posted the article that regarded Afrobeats as a “blend of West African and Black American music”, a post that triggered a lot of music lovers (especially Africans) due to the misinformation.