The renowned artist, known as the African Giant, during a conversation with Zane Lowe of Apple Music in New York, expressed his opinion that the majority of songs produced in Nigeria lack depth and that Nigerian artists often focus on trivial subjects in their music.
Burna Boy has once again grabbed headlines for unfavorable reasons, following the leakage of a recent interview he participated in.
“90 percent of them (Nigerian musicians) have no real life experiences which is why most of Nigerian music or African music or Afrobeats as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.”
Burna Boy has once again created controversy due to the recent exposure of an interview he participated in. The artist, known as the African Giant, during a discussion with Zane Lowe of Apple Music in New York, expressed his viewpoint that the majority of songs produced in Nigeria lack meaningful content, and that Nigerian artists often focus on shallow subjects in their music.
“There is no substance to it — like, nobody is talking about anything in it. it is just a great time. It’s an amazing time. But at the end of the day, life is not an amazing time. No matter how nice of a time you are having now or you had at some point or you plan to have, you are still going to face life.” There has been a swift and vocal response on social media, with many individuals conveying their dissatisfaction towards Burna Boy for his tendency to create negative perceptions about other Nigerian musical artists, as well as presenting himself as the sole savior of Nigerian music.
On Instagram, Burna Boy faced a significant amount of criticism, with even his ardent music fans expressing disappointment in his recent interview, deeming it as controversial and uncharacteristic of his usual style.
@pirateonsocialmedia commented, “Burna Boy don start abi? Person wey beg Grammy to dash am small award don think say him be small god. Mo fo ooo”
@Fionafionaa said, “Did Burna just say Nigerians sing nothing? Abeg, is Burna Boy not also a Nigerian? Na Wa oh”@zoneforme stated”Clap for yourself Burna Boy, you just made more enemies in the music industry.”
