I Have No Problem With Flavour - Seun Kuti Talks on Alleged Beef

 

Few weeks ago, popular singer, Flavour, emerged winner of the 2014 MTV Music Awards in the Best Live Act category, many people had interpreted Seun’s reaction to the news to mean that he disapproved of it. But the Afro-beat star says his response, via a message he posted on Twitter, was directed at MTV and not Flavour.

“My comment on Twitter had nothing to do with Flavour. At my age, I am above such pettiness. I made that comment because I felt that Afro-beat music was not getting the recognition it deserves in Africa. Foreign music companies like MTV are making it seem as if people don’t like Afro-beat. They don’t broadcast our songs or videos. These organisations have come to hijack our music in Africa and they are not encouraging music artistes in the continent to mix,” he says.

Dismissing the insinuation that he is not on speaking terms with Flavour, “I have no beef with Flavour. In fact, we met some time ago in Paris. We were staying in the same hotel and I saw him in an elevator. Afterwards we hung out together. So I have no problem with him,” he says