Monday, April 08, 2013
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American R&B star Chris
Brown, who recently performed at the rLG Hope City concert in Ghana, says the
famous Ghanaian dance moves 'Azonto' is a Nigeria 'thing'.
Chris Brown,
while promoting his new album on BET's 106 & Park, told the hosts about
'Azonto', but gave credits to Nigeria, adding that he learnt it from Nigerian
musician Wizkid.
Chris Brown
was making a point on how big an influence Michael Jackson had on him and his
career, but in answering it, 'Azonto' came up. He said "...there's
a dance in Africa…it's funny but it's kind like the Michael Jackson. You wait,
you'll see it in the video...just wait!"
But after
several shouts of "Do it....do it" from the crowd, he decided to
demonstrate it on stage. After that, he said this... "I
learnt that...I learnt it from a Nigerian artiste by the name of Wizkid... so I
don't wanna act like I created it...it's in Nigeria."
He also gave
props to Wizkid, saying "he's an incredible artiste out
there."
Many questions
were raised when Chris Brown introduced Wizkid to stage at the Hope City
concert to perform his track 'Azonto'.
Quite
recently, Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Samini released a single to slam Nigerian
duo P-Square for copying 'Azonto' and just changing it to 'Alingo'. Nollywood
star Tonto Dikeh is said to have replied to Samini's song, apparently citing
her disapproval of the allegation.
The fact still
remains though, that 'Azonto' is from Ghana, with its roots in Bukom.
Any one can talk anything but the creativity of Ghanian Artiste remain there and that can not be changed by the words from super stars or any one else, we still appreciate the work to bring up 'Azonto' style of dance and 'Azonto' as the song.
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