Dancehall Artiste Samini has stated that popular South African music genre Amapiano is essentially a rebranded version of Ghana’s iconic Azonto.
The ‘Sweet Mistake’ crooner believes Amapiano takes inspiration from Ghanaian root. Samini emphasised that Amapiano borrows heavily from the composing elements of Azonto, which gained widespread popularity across various countries.
Even thoughAmapiano originated in South Africa as a subgenre of house music in the mid-2010s, Samini insisted that the similarities between the two genres are too prominent to ignore.
“Today if you do Azonto and you add one or two things to it, somebody will say it’s Amapiano, but Amapiano is something which is already South African.
“Amapiano is always going to be South African, so after everybody tried with Azonto, at the end, it’s Ghana that you will connect it to.So Amapiano will be connected to South Africa, but going forward, Ghana music remains Ghana music” Samini said in an interview on Property FM.
Officially known as Emmanuel Andrews Sammini, the Highgrade Family Boss is a Ghanaian reggae and dancehall recording Artiste from Wa, Ghana.
