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Tekno created Afrobeats; beat me, fight me, I can defend it – Comedian Koffi
Renowned comedian, Koffi has said the originator of the widely celebrated Afrobeats genre was created by singer, Tekno.
The comedy master emphasized that Tekno created Davido’s smash hit song ‘IF’ which was “the first afrobeats song to go international” and claimed that afrobeats couldn’t reach the Western world until Tekno added “samples and bounces” to it.
Koffi stated this in a recent interview with Galaxy TV, while faulting social media for relegating him when he was sick.
He said: “Tekno is the man that created afrobeats. Beat me, fight me, I will defend it to the core.
“Before afrobeats could cross globally, everybody was just trying to find 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 handed it over to Davido. ‘If’ and ‘Fall’ by Davido, it was Tekno that created it, and they were the first two [afrobeats] songs that really went global.
“And then 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 did not showcase his pain to social media, they relegated him.”
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