Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning Nigerian musician also known as Damini Ogulu, has enraged netizens with his criticism of Afrobeats.
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In an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, Burna Boy stated that most Afrobeat musicians lack life experiences, which renders their music meaningless.
He described Afrobeat music as exhilarating and entertaining, but devoid of real-world experiences.
Burna Boy described musicians as having their own ups and downs in life, including good days, bad days, and challenging moments surrounding the creation of music.
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The self-proclaimed African Giant discussed the need for artists to integrate real-life experiences into their artwork, stating that the genre is "literally nothing."
Burna Boy said,
“Because of where I am from. The sh*t I have to go through to maneuver and just stay with my crown on my head. (It is harder for people that know you best to love you the most). Because they do not know you best. You just think they do.
When you start going around the world and you start seeing that there are actually motherf**kers that know me a lot than the people that share the same (not experience)… because 90 per cent 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.
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“It is why you hear most of Nigerian 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. It is just a great time. It is 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 are had at some point or you plan to have, you are still going to face life. Me speaking for myself, the artiste is the person who has good days, bad days, great days, and worst days.
So, for me, I feel like music should be the essence of the artiste. The artiste is a person who has good day, bad day, his great days and worst days. So, I’m dropping a project that should be a window for the fans to see those experiences.”
Watch him speak below.
Esther Abraham 4 w
What exactly is your definition of substance?
Shey isn't their preferences? If u dey go club Dem dey play church song? Or church, do u hear club lyrics? At the mosque do u hear diabolical songs.
So which one con be substance? Rap is different from trap, metallic is different from pop, country is different from gospel.
So untill every artist sing what u like and they don't even need your approval for, before afro get substance.? Abi?
Oga go drink substance or smoke one, cause na igbo be the only substance u dey take.
Mannerless talent.