Popular musician, Burna Boy has been taken to the cleaners by Nigerians for saying that Nigerian songs lack substance.
@pirateonsocialmedia: “Burna Boy don start abi? Person wey beg Grammy to dash am small award don think say him be small god. Mo fo ooo”
Burna Boy drew the anger of Nigerians after his statement in an interview recently.
Nigerians have now taken to social media to express their anger towards the singer. See their reactions below….
@Fionafionaa: “Did Burna just say Nigerians sing nothing? Abeg, is Burna Boy not also a Nigerian? Na Wa oh”
@zoneforme: “Clap for yourself Burna Boy, you just made more enemies in the music industry.”
@Markontwitter: “Odogwu wan make we turn am to Odiegwu abi?”
@Lindababy: “Even Wizkid no fit talk like this; na Burna and Davido like this kain talk. Rubbish talks.”
@Charles Kumolu: “Yes, no doubt, Burna Boy owns this moment in Afrobeat. His stage presence and delivery are magnetic. This is his time! However, always talking down on his constituency (Nigerians) doesn’t make him the bigger man.”
@Emmsholumade: “You get Grammy but you no get sense. Humility pays Burna, stop acting like you own music.”
“It reduces him as a boastful character who feels he has got all. On his latest gaffe regarding the quality of other Afrobeat songs, Burna needs to be reminded that his songs ain’t different either. It’s the same as those he seeks to diminish.”
@Waleoniru: “Burna Boy is allowing pride eat deep into him.”
For those who don’t know, this is what Burna Boy said during the interview:
“90 percent of 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.”
“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.”