Nigerian singer, Ric Hassani has shared his opinion about the Afrobeats genre, saying the quality of Afrobeats music has dropped drastically over the years.

In a recent interview on Channels TV programme, Rubbin’ Minds with Ebuka, Hassani claimed that the hit songs of years back were quality music but the current hit songs are “not very good music”.

He said, “Afrobeats Is Nigerian music. Our guys are top 10 and I feel like because of that the quality of music might stop dropping because more people want to get in. So the quality is really dropping.

“Back in the days, hit songs were serious music but now almost anybody is just coming in. Most of the hit songs in Nigeria now are not very good music. Back in the days, it wasn’t like this.

“I feel like because we have been number one for so long, everybody is just dropping whatever they like and throwing money behind it.”

On the issue of artists trying to dissociate from the Afrobeats tag, Ric Hassani who is one of Nigeria's most popular RnB artists stated that while he has never felt restricted, some artists feel boxed by the Afrobeats tagged and this might be what is motivating them to disassociate from the Afrobeats tag which is the umbrella term for Nigerian pop music.