‘Jamaica started Afrobeats’ – Fat Joe claims

American rapper Fat Joe has sparked contention aft claiming that Afrobeats originated from Jamaica.

The rapper made the assertion successful a caller occurrence of the Joe And Jada podcast, which featured Jamaican dancehall crooner Buju Banton arsenic a guest.

“Jamaica started Afrobeats. Even though everything comes from Africa,” helium claimed.

Banton failed to close Joe and alternatively chose to speech astir however Panamanian rapper El General pioneered reggaeton and however it influenced different genres.

Contrary to Fat Joe’s claim, Afrobeats is wide regarded arsenic originating from West Africa and heavy influenced by Afrobeat, which was pioneered by Nigerian euphony fable Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

Buju Banton had antecedently accused Afrobeats artistes of stealing from Jamaican reggae and dancehall euphony without crediting their source.

In an interrogation with the Drink Champs podcast successful 2024, Banton claimed that afrobeats euphony has nary substance and would slice with time.

‘Jamaica started Afrobeats’ – Fat Joe claims