Solidstar Urges Nigerian Artistes To Prioritise Quality Over Afrobeats Trend
Singer Solidstar has called on Nigerian musicians to focus on quality over trends, arguing that the industry’s current obsession with Afrobeats is limiting creativity and range.
In a post on X (formally twitter), the ‘Emergency’ crooner, born Joshua Iniyezo, said many Nigerian artistes have boxed themselves into one sound.
He noted that this dependence on Afrobeats has reduced experimentation and originality across the music scene.
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Solidstar, who broke out in the late 2000s, recalled that Afrobeats was not the leading genre when he started in 2009 and 2010.
According to him, Fuji music was the dominant sound at the time.
“Nigerian musicians aren’t versatile. Stocked on one genre (AFROBEATS). Nothing like AFROBEATS when I came out fully in 2009/2010, Fuji was even huge! Make dem stop overrating nonsense and start selling good music,” he wrote.
By ABDULBAQI JIBREEL AJAO
