Beyonce Snubbed Kenya on ‘Lion King’ Album, Says Them Mushrooms Singer – TMZ

Beyonce‘s omission of any Kenyan artists on her ‘Lion King’ album is a slap to the face and a rattling shame — so says a accepted East African, who helped coin “Hakuna Matata.”

John Katana — the frontman of the Chakacha Kenyan band, Them Mushrooms — tells us he and a bunch of alternative Kenyans observed Bey did now not encompass ANY native artists (enormous or minute) in her new ‘Lion King’ album, “The Reward” … a self-described “adore letter” to Africa.

While the Disney of us tapped many of alternative African artists that are sizzling and poppin’ in their accept as true with international locations — to illustrate, Nigerian pop critical particular person WizKid, Ghanaian producer Shatta Wale, Nigerian singer Burna Boy, South African artists Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly, Nigerian stars Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi — they excluded Keynans.

Pondering about a entire lot of the environment, tradition and language former in ’94’s and 2019’s “The Lion King” appears to be like to reach straight FROM Kenya (or in any case East Africa) … John says he and a entire lot of of alternative Kenyan creatives stumbled on it puzzling now not conception to be one of ’em made the lower for “The Reward.”

John and tune critics alike hang great the omission, and he’s enormous bummed about it … critically since he says no one from Disney even reached out to the “Hakuna Matata” OGs.

As we hang now reported … a petition changed into as soon as started final 300 and sixty five days that called for Disney to descend its trademark over “Hakuna Matata,” which is a smartly-identified Swahili phrase that John and co. declare to hang popularized in their ’80s platinum hit, “Jambo Bwana.”

Yeah, he’s now not announcing “no worries” about this one either.