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afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. omah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? omah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, a fusion and combination of highlife, jazz, funk, psych rock, salsa, black power, anti colonial and anti corruption politics. how would you describe your music? i think it s probably the same thing, but i don t know if i m going to say politics, anti corruption, i don t know, but every other thing is the same. it s just that i do it differently now because, you know, music is different now. and, yeah, highlife is still the same, afro is still the same, the elements that makes afrobeat is still the same, it s just that, you kno ....
# me i no fit under, under, under # i not fit understand # that thing wey you do me # i under, under # i no fit under, under, under.# maybe when i get to the point where i begin to enjoy politics and i begin to understand politics very much, then maybe i ll start using my music too, for, you know. ..but for now, i think all i do right now is talk about the things that youths, the things that i understand, which is love, heartbreak, pains, as a youth, the things we go through as youths, and that s what i use my music for cos that s where i am right now. afrobeats, and you, have been hugely successful. i mean, burna boy won best global music album award at the grammys last year. a couple of years ago, you were chosen by apple, apple music, as their first africa rising star. and you ve done this collaboration with justin collaboration with justin bieber, which i guess ....