Nigerian comedian Koffi Idowu Nuel, better known by his stage name Koffi, has asserted that Tekno is the inventor of afrobeats.
Koffi claims that until Tekno added “samples and bounces” to afrobeats, it was impossible for them to spread to the West.
But he said that Tekno didn’t receive the credit he deserved since he became unwell and stopped using social media.
“Tekno is credited with inventing afrobeats. Beat me, fight me, I will fiercely defend it.
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“Before afrobeats could crossed globally, everybody [artist] was just trying to find it [the appealing sound]. But you see those sampling sounds and then the bounces, it was Tekno that discovered it.
“He was the one that brought ‘Pana’ and did that very nice video, and people were like, ‘Okay oh.’ Then he now handed it over to Davido. ‘If’ and ‘Fall’ by Davido, it was Tekno that created it [the beat], and they were the first two [afrobeats] songs that really went global.
“And then he [Tekno] was the same man that, whilst he was not able to do his thing, gave up ‘Buga.’ He has contributed quietly in a lot of ways. But because he was ill and do not showcase his paying to social media, they relegated him,” he said.
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