Gospel music under the influence of conformity in the present centuries.
We recently published an article on the fusion of DRILL music into rap evangelicalexplaining its origin and its particular characteristics.
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This morning we discovered on the social networks an Ivorian gospel artist who now presents himself on his Facebook page as “the king of Offbeat Gospel”.
But, what does this mean? We call it the coupé-décalé.
According to Wikipedia, the coupé-décalé is a musical genre born in the early 2000s in the community Ivorian in Paris and became popular in Ivory Coast and many sub-Saharan African countries during the ten years that followed.
The coupé-décalé takes the opposite view of the zouglou. To the criticisms of materialism expressed by the zouglou, the coupé-décalé affirms its attachment to material goods, and to the satirical view of its society, the coupé-décalé highlights entertainment and staging. Thus, “we move from music that is engaged and reflective about our society to ambient music that allows us to party.
The various definitions attributed to this style of music have tarnished the reputation of the movement by attributing a bad image to the movement and to the designers, whom popular opinion took for thieves, scammers and even cybercriminals. Still according to Wikipedia.
Is this a joke, a test or a survey?
Meet Joshua Ddy, a popular gospel artist who we recently featured on BGospel Magazine with his song “The Name of Jesus.” This August 9, 2023, who made a video with Marvel effects to declare that he is “the king of Offbeat Gospel”.
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What caught our attention in particular were the reactions from the fans. Here are a few.
Source Wikipedia linkPage Artist’s Facebook
