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Famous South African singer, Tyla, has spoken out against the categorisation of all African music as afrobeats by the West.
Tyla, who spoke while accepting her award for Best Afrobeats Song at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night, said Afrobeats has opened a lot of doors for African music but it was wrong to categorise every music from the continent under the genre.
She however explained that she is from South Africa and represents the Amapiano genre, which present her culture.
Furthermore, the singer finished her speech by shouting out all the Afrobeats artistes like Tems, Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Rema and Lojay.
