Microsoft founder and billionaire, Bill Gates has praised Afrobeats for changing the world of music.
The billionaire, who is in Nigeria to meet with the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while speaking at event acknowledged the impact Afrobeats has made.
Bill Gates revealed that when his daughter, Phoebe Adele heard he was coming to Nigeria, she told him he was lucky because he would get to see Burna Boy and Rema.
The Bill and Melinda Gates founder who didn’t know who they had, said he had to Google them because he has only heard of Davido and Wizkid, whose performances had left him impressed”.
“Afrobeats from Nigeria are popular everywhere and when my daughter. When my daughter Phoebe heard I was coming to Nigeria, she said, “You’re lucky because you get to see Burna Boy and Rema, so I had to look them up…. because I’m so hip.
But I remember the last time I was here, I got to see Davido & Wizkid perform”.
“My daughter told me I will get to see Rema and Burna Boy in Nigeria but I remember the last time I came here, I got to see Wizkid and Davido”
– Bill Gates pic.twitter.com/PN8ECeR9Jb
— BASITO (@itzbasito) June 21, 2023