So are we giving Drake credit for giving exposure to more African/West Indianartists/producers?

[Unknown Poster]

I give him props for giving Wizkid a look.

And Sonny Digital getting that burn and he's Nigerian too.

We taking ovah.........
We taking ovah........



Nah really...Drake is probably giving more exposure to African and West Indian artists and producers...and other world producers and rappers...which makes it hard for me to hate on him as of late.

 

[keepitrealprk]

That's the Toronto sound though. He's just getting it out to a bigger audience.

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

Sonny Digital is a big reach fam

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Hilarious how One Dance shot to number 1 on the charts, meanwhile Wizkid has been killing it over the past few years without any US recognition.

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Hilarious how One Dance shot to number 1 on the charts, meanwhile Wizkid has been killing it over the past few years without any US recognition.

thats why Drake is the Steve Jobs of rap

 

[DeuceZ]

Hilarious how One Dance shot to number 1 on the charts, meanwhile Wizkid has been killing it over the past few years without any US recognition.

Thread/

 

[WickedGames]

 

[Vonte3000]

I've been losin interest in rap, this might be a good substitute. Is there a thread with music like this?

 

[NvrCMyNut]

I think we should credit the artists who created the wave he's copying rather than the cat who is just taking it and watering it down for mass consumption.

 

[WickedGames]

The weird thing that people who are familiar with Afrobeats / Dancehall will notice is that Wizkid was sounding like a carribean artist more than an african on One Dance. I didn't even notice it was him at first

 

[u mad son?]

Canada and UK mans know about this shyt from day one

 

[NSSVO]

Drake does this EVERY fukking album. He is a rapper, but also a pop star. He reinvents himself EVERY album. He has his baseline of Drakeness in every album with different twists. He should get props, like he should get props for showing love to different cultures in his last albums.

 

[Fani Willis fan]

The weird thing that people who are familiar with Afrobeats / Dancehall will notice is that Wizkid was sounding like a carribean artist more than an african on One Dance. I didn't even notice it was him at first

that wind it adlib he was doing, yea you're right
but its no big deal.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I've been losin interest in rap, this might be a good substitute. Is there a thread with music like this?

Dude. I've been trying to put dudes on game like forever.

I've been losin interest in rap, this might be a good substitute. Is there a thread with music like this?

Please google Wizkid, Davido, Olamide, Mavins, P Square, Iyanya, and Flavour. They are probably the biggest stars in the genre. Check out websites like:

www.jaguda.com for info on hot music. Some of my favorite songs are:











I could go on all day. Afrobeat is a multibillion dollar industry at this point. Popular acts are insanely popular all over Europe, Middle East, and Africa. US is behind the curve on this one.

All my Htown dudes hit up Belvedere on Friday nights for an awesome afrobeat club.

 

[Peak]

Of course he deserves props. How many can honestly say they heard of Wizkid or Kyle before One Dance???