Kenyan singer slams Beyonce for ignoring Kenyans in her Lion King album 

A Kenyan singer has spoken out loud pretty much what many other Kenyans are thinking regarding the new Lion King Album from Beyonce.

John Katana from the band The Mushrooms, spoke to American blogsite TMZ in an exclusive interview saying that Beyonce should have included Kenyan artists in her album because Lion King was shot in East Africa.

Hakuna Matata

He also added that The Mushrooms came up with the popular Hakuna Matata phrase another reason why they should have at least be included in the project.

“The creatives are complaining saying that a Kenyan act, if not Them Mushrooms, should have been on the album,” said Katana.

“The phrase [Hakuna Matata] came from Kenya, from our band. So everybody feels that Kenya should have been added a piece of the pie.”

Beyonce featured only West African artists in her album a thing Kenyans didn’t like. To make matters worse, Beyonce said the album included the best from Africa.

‘This soundtrack is a love letter to Africa, and I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it. We’ve kind of created our own genre and I feel like the soundtrack is the first soundtrack where it becomes visual in your mind. The soundtrack is more than just the music, because each song tells the story of the film.’ she said before it was released. 

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