We caught up with Mike at Kids in Africa Afrikicks — a charitable event put together by Oni Productions, and one which happened after Afrobeats star Rema took home an MTV VMA for his blockbuster hit “Calm Down” with Selena Gomez.
It was the inaugural award for “Best Afrobeats” song, and the vid has been crushing it, garnering over a billion views in just a year’s time.
MB thinks the writing’s on the wall for his culture to dominate music just as hip hop has for the last 50 years. The Nigerian-born comedian says Afrobeats is just too “fun and loving” to be denied.
He’s also using American stars to prove his point … namely Drake and Chris Brown, who started collaborating with the likes of Wizkid and Davido years ago.
It’s obvious record labels are putting a heavy priority on Afrobeats now — maybe even more than hip hop, which was shut out of Billboard’s #1 spot for more than a year.
If that trend continues, Mike just might be right.
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