On the event of recently launching its first ever official US Afrobeats Song Chart, Billboard in an announcement article credited the likes of Beyoncé and Drake for the widespread recognition of the Afrobeats genre.
This was however received with mixed reactions as many felt the article should have highlighted the true Afrobeats pioneers, instead of crediting the likes of Beyoncé and Drake who only borrowed from the genre, simply due to their huge global stardom.
Today, we talk about 5 times Beyoncé’s work was inspired by Africa.
