Burna Boy on Fire for “Trashing” Nigerian Afrobeats

 

Damini Ogulu, also known as Burna Boy, is certainly not an alien to controversies. Indeed, some contend that it has turned into a natural for him.

Burna Boy in studio. Picture: Supplied

Published Aug 24, 2023

During the week, the Grammy Award winner made the news again for some unacceptable reasons. In a meeting with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, the artist expressed that most Nigerian songs needed substance. He had said, "You hear most Nigerian tunes, or I'll say African (songs)… I don't have any idea what to say; Afrobeats, as individuals call it, is for the most part about nothing. There is no substance to it. No one is looking at anything. It's simply an astonishing time; however, toward the day's end, life is certainly not an astounding time. Regardless of how decent of a period one is having now or had eventually, one is as yet going to confront life. I feel music ought to (convey) the quintessence of the artiste. The craftsman is an individual, who has great, terrible and extraordinary days."

In any case, his remarks didn't go down well with numerous who felt the artist was attached to trashing Nigerian artists and their music.

A Facebook user, K Pumping wrote, “You don’t have to pull people down just because you feel you are great.”

Another facebook fan Lummy Hussy wrote, “Dear Burna Boy, what life is to you is not (what it is) to someone else. You cannot use your life to caption (sic) all other artistes. Life experiences differ and are relative.”

However, this isn't the first time Burna Boy has been blamed for looking down on Nigerian artists. Prior in the year, the vocalist was entirely scrutinized for showing up after the expected time at his show in Lagos and offending the sensibilities of visitors who had waited long hours for him to appear.