‘Fuji music is dying’ – Small Doctor calls for urgent action

Nigerian vocalist Adekunle Temitope, known arsenic Small Doctor, has expressed interest implicit the existent authorities of fashionable Yoruba euphony genre, fuji.

The vocalist claimed that fuji euphony is “dying” and called for urgent actions to code the situation.

He stated that aft the meteoric emergence of Remi Aluko and his contemporaries successful the aboriginal 2000s, helium hasn’t witnessed the emergence of immoderate different fuji musician.

On his X handle, helium wrote, “I basal to beryllium corrected.

“I consciousness Fuji euphony is dying and thing needs to beryllium fixed urgently..

After the blowing up of Remi Aluko and the likes successful 2001 Or 2002, I gaven’t heard nor seen different Fuji creator stroke up.”

Fújì emerged successful the 1960s, evolving from the improvisational wéré music, besides known arsenic ajísari, which was performed to awaken Muslims earlier dawn during the fasting play of Ramadan.

The genre was named aft the Japanese stratovolcano, Mount Fuji, by Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, the pioneer of wéré. Other renowned Fuji artists see K1 De Ultimate, King Saheed Osupa, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, and Obesere.

Pop artists similar 9ice, Lord of Ajasa, Olamide, Small Doctor, Asake, Naira Marley, Qdot, and Seyi Vibez person besides drawn inspiration from Fuji.