Based African Girls Fail to Identify One Star Among Wizkid, Davido and Burna
A viral street interview in Germany shows three young African women struggling to identify Nigerian music superstar Wizkid. While they recognized other artists like Burna Boy and Davido, the incident sparked online debate regarding generational recognition of global Afrobeats icons.
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A viral street interview in Germany has stirred online buzz after three young African girls, based in Europe, struggled to identify Nigerian superstar Wizkid .
The interview, conducted by content creator bra_emma08, tested the trio’s knowledge of African music by showing them photos of popular artistes.
African girls abroad surprise many after failing to recognise one famous Afrobeats star. Credit: @wizkid, @davido, @burnagoygram Source: Instagram If they failed to recognise someone, they were played one of the artiste’s songs as a clue.
The girls, originally from Nigeria and Ghana, initially missed Fireboy DML’s photo but quickly recognised him after hearing his hit track Peru.
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They also failed to identify Oxlade, and while they recognised Skales’ Shake Body, they admitted they did not know what he looked like.
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