Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Nigerian megastar Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, has insisted that the rap genre is dead and not worth listening to.

He was reacting to the blowback he received for saying he doesn't listen to rap music.

Earlier in the week, the singer granted an interview to 10 Magazine, a British luxury quarterly publication, where he asserted that the Afrobeats genre is innovative as against rap music, which he said is boring.

Wizkid said he doesn't listen to rap music because the genre is dull, dead and tired.

Following his assertions, the singer received backlash from rap proponents and lovers of the genre.

Starboy, who has been at the forefront of taking the Afrobeats genre to the world, however, did not take it lying down.

Taking...