Veteran Afrobeats star Gabriel Oche Amanyi, popularly often known as Terry G, has urged Nigerians to point out respect to music legends, even when they’re not within the limelight.
He lamented that Nigerians are sometimes fast to ignore music legends with the excuse that they’re “outdated.”
He noticed that within the Western world, legends are held in excessive esteem and their contributions are duly honoured, in contrast to in Africa.
The Akpako Grasp pressured that if Africans, notably Nigerians, fail to worth their music legends, Afrobeats might in the future lose its relevance, no matter how nice it turns into.
On his X deal with, he wrote, “I hear folks say, ‘Your time don move!’—and it seems like mind injury.
“Within the West, legends are revered for all times. Nobody calls Jay-Z or Beyoncé outdated. Their influence is honoured.
“However right here in Africa, particularly Nigeria, we’re fast to discard our personal. That’s why we imagine our ancestors have been evil, whereas Western ancestors are seen as gods.
“It’s time to interrupt free from that mindset. In the event you don’t preserve including worth to your self and people round you, your value will fade—irrespective of how nice you as soon as have been. We should do higher.”
