Popular Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, has refuted the claims that Afrobeats is declining.

The award-winning singer, while speaking at the Unstoppable Africans event recently, she shared that Afrobeats was created with little to nothing, only with firm belief from Africans.

Savage also revealed how she was initially ashamed of being an African, however, she's immensely proud of the growth of Afrobeats.

Shutting down the claims that Afrobeats is declining, Tiwa Savage stressed that the genre is still waxing strong, with several artistes topping charts and filling stadiums.

She said:
"Afrobeats is the fastest growing genre in the world. We kind of created it with nothing; no support, no infrastructure, no real belief even from our own people initially.

“I remember growing up in London and I was not happy being African. But now I’m so proud because of how big Afrobeats is growing.

"There was a conversation at one point that Afrobeats is going to have its 15 minutes of fame and then fades away. But we are still here. We are not slowing down. In fact, we are filling out stadiums, and we are getting the biggest songs on the charts right now.

“I don’t know how true this is, but apparently one in every four black persons is a Nigerian or an African.

“So, we are not going anywhere. As much as they are trying to quiet us down, the music is not going anywhere. We are Africans and we are unstoppable."