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Efya, a Ghanaian singer, claims to have invented the popular South African genre Amapiano.
Over the years, the genre’s origins have been unquestionably attributed to South Africa, and there is a documentary on how it began; even several SA piano performers have commented about the sound and its origins in interviews.
In a recent Afrobeats Podcast interview with Adesope, the singer firmly stated that she founded the yano genre with DJ Tunez.
Reacting to the claim, MFR Souls co-founder, Maero said, “There is no way this lady started amapiano. Maybe she wants to get fame, but there’s no way. People know where amapiano is from and it’s here in South Africa.”
“Amapiano is a mix of kwaito and deep house, and kwaito is a South African genre. And even the origins of kwaito are from South Africa. So, as I said, there’s no way a Ghanaian musician came up with amapiano,” said.
“When we started the genre didn’t have a name because it wasn’t a familiar sound. It just was keys and no vocals and then people started calling amapiano.”
