The self-acclaimed African giant, Burn Boy is facing backlash for his recent comments during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in New York. Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy came after Afro beats genre and that did not sit well with many.
Last last hit maker, Burna Boy during his interview mentioned that Afro beats lacks substance. He claimed that most of the artists who do Afro beats have no real life experience and that is why they genre has literally nothing.
90% of them have no real life experiences which is why most of Nigerian music or African music or Afro beats as people call it, it is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.
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Burna boy added that life has challenges and artist should not only sing about the good times they are in, had at some point or wish to have. He pointed out that artists only sing about the great times and not talking about anything.
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“Nobody is talking about anything. It’s just a great 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.”
Burna boy pointed out that music should be the essence of the person, who has good, bad, great and really bad days. He said that he would give something with his face on it then it would have all those sides of him that would be a whole experience.
“The artist is a person, like me speaking for myself, the artist is a person who has good days, bad days, great days and worst days. And for me, if I give you something like this with my face on it, and my name, then I should be giving you that experience.”
Burna boy does not classify his music as Afro beats rather he terms his music as Afro Fusion. A mix of dancehall, reggae, hip-hop, R&B and Afro beats.
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