{"id":178374,"date":"2019-07-24T03:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/beyonce-snubbed-kenya-on-lion-king-album-says-them-mushrooms-singer"},"modified":"2019-07-24T03:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T08:30:17","slug":"beyonce-snubbed-kenya-on-lion-king-album-says-them-mushrooms-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/beyonce-snubbed-kenya-on-lion-king-album-says-them-mushrooms-singer","title":{"rendered":"Beyonce Snubbed Kenya on &#039;Lion King&#039; Album, Says Them Mushrooms Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-104595\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.23514973\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.1449136276\">\n<section id=\"cb-ed6e40f00d74cbc69d1e7bd5fe502dc7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Africa\" alt=\"Africa\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Beyonce-Snubbed-Kenya-on-039Lion-King039-Album-Says-Them-Mushrooms-Singer.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>         <span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Alamy<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-70cd73ba7e311051b0a33ca4905f03e5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.8128654971\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/beyonce-knowles\/\"><strong>Beyonce<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s omission of any Kenyan artists on her \u2018Lion King\u2019 album is a slap to the face and a damn shame \u2014 so says a famous East African, who helped coin \u201cHakuna Matata.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2651c4e9776b043a1735c27b46531ddb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p><strong>John Katana<\/strong> \u2014 the frontman of the Chakacha Kenyan band, Them Mushrooms \u2014 tells us he and a bunch of other Kenyans noticed Bey didn\u2019t include ANY local artists (big or small) in her new \u2018Lion King\u2019 album, \u201cThe Gift\u201d \u2026 a self-described \u201clove letter\u201d to Africa.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-425807b423e6cbb03bb423bbfdec289b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"47\">\n<p>While the Disney folks tapped tons of other African artists that are hot and poppin\u2019 in their own countries \u2014 for example, Nigerian pop star WizKid, Ghanaian producer Shatta Wale, Nigerian singer Burna Boy, South African artists Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly, Nigerian stars Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi \u2014 they excluded Keynans.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dc2e8d16f1246fae9cffa28ed34abb77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4cf79365-df59-5337-ac4a-262f8ebbccf0-304494503-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/072319-john-katana-4596744-0-v0qv6z0s\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4cf79365-df59-5337-ac4a-262f8ebbccf0-304494503-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Burna Boy\" alt=\"Burna Boy\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1563956085_638_Beyonce-Snubbed-Kenya-on-039Lion-King039-Album-Says-Them-Mushrooms-Singer.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a6983ed2dfde54a55c193c9eb9aa890b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Considering a lot of the scenery, culture and language used in \u201994\u2019s and 2019\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King\u201d appears to come straight FROM Kenya (or at least East Africa) \u2026 John says he and lots of other Kenyan creatives found it puzzling not one of \u2019em made the cut for \u201cThe Gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c4e686839c15cca52384057f1bcd621e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>John and music critics alike have noted the omission, and he\u2019s super bummed about it \u2026 especially since he says no one from Disney even reached out to the \u201cHakuna Matata\u201d OGs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-40d3813ce2cbe28294965747feede2d4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-5c860e84c7dd7c163c3a6f33db2d728b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"34.4693877551\">\n<p>As we\u2019ve reported \u2026 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/12\/22\/disney-hakuna-matata-controversy-john-katana-them-mushrooms-lion-king\/\"><strong>petition was started<\/strong><\/a> last year that called for Disney to drop its trademark over \u201cHakuna Matata,\u201d which is a well-known Swahili phrase that John and co. claim to have popularized in their \u201980s platinum hit, \u201cJambo Bwana.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-98940713bf23038015134e10f19689d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Yeah, he\u2019s not saying \u201cno worries\u201d about this one either.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/24\/beyonce-lion-king-album-the-gift-kenya-them-mushrooms\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer 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