Following the release of Tiwa Savage Fela inspired song, ’49-99’, the singer in some quarters has been bestowed the title , ‘ Queen of Afrobeat’.
Reacting to the new title, Tiwa Savage said though it’s amazing that people have given her that title, she is not the queen of Afrobeat.
The songstress made this declaration on Tuesday, at a press parley in Lagos.
“ It will be unfair to place that title on just one person as every other artiste is working hard to be the best at what they do.I’m flattered, I think it’s amazing that people will place that title on me but there are so many queens just like there are so many kings. You have to understand how hard we all work, you can’t limit it to one thing because Burna is doing his thing, Wizkid is also doing his own thing too. Davido, myself, Yemi Alade, Simi, everybody is working hard. And when you put the crown on one person, it makes it hard for us to do what we do. We’re blessed as Nigerians to have so many talented artistes and as such, we just have to celebrate everyone. We’re all kings and queens but there’s only one original king which is God
When asked if she will ever venture into politics, she said:“Politics is not my calling, so I’ll leave it to those that God has called to do politics. As for the molue bus, I haven’t been on one to be honest. I spent most of my youth in the UK but I still think that just because I haven’t entered it doesn’t mean I can’t empathize with people that have gone through it. I can’t pretend like such experience didn’t or doesn’t exist. The song is to shed more light on those that go through this everyday. But I can’t be a politician.”