Kenyan singer, Victoria Kimani, has expressed displeasure
over the absence of Kenyan musicians in Beyonce’s upcoming album ‘Lion King:
The Gift’.
Beyonce, on Tuesday, unveiled the track list of her new
album, ‘The Lion King: The Gift’, which is the musical accompaniment to the new
Disney Movie.
The album features six Nigerian pop stars including Yemi
Alade, Burna Boy, Mr. Eazi, Tekno, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage as well as Ghana’s
Shatta Wale.
Beyonce gave reasons for featuring Nigerian musicians in
“Lion King”
The award-winning super singer said she worked with the
aforementioned artistes because she wanted to ensure that she worked with the
best from Africa and not just sample sounds from Africa.
“I wished it to be genuine to what’s stunning concerning the
music in Africa.
“We have type of created our personal style and I really
feel just like the soundtrack is the primary soundtrack the place it turns into
visible in your thoughts.
“The soundscape is extra than simply the music as a result
of every tune tells the story of the movie.”
Reacting, Kimani expressed sadness over Beyonce’s selection,
saying Kenyans were supposed to be recognised in the soundtrack.
“As much as we celebrate with our fellow Africans, the
obvious exclusion of Kenyans/East Africans on this soundtrack is depressing.
“The movie was based on Kenya. That’s fine. Our Queen forgot
about us.
“We were not represented in her love letter to us. It hurts.
That’s all.
“Ya’ll could at least had Lupita or Barack on the outro
since we don’t have artists in East Africa.
“Rafiki, Simba and Nala are Kenyan,” she said in a tweet.
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