Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning Nigerian artist, has implied that, despite making his home nation proud “every chance” he gets, Nigerians don’t thank him enough.
He claimed that instead of appreciating his priceless musical achievements to Nigeria, Nigerians propagate accusations that his mother was a dancer for the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, and that impotence may be the reason he doesn’t have a baby mama like most of his peers.
Burna Boy, whose maternal grandfather, Benson Idonije, was Fela Kuti’s first manager, slammed Nigerians for speculating that the June 8, 2022 incident in which his police escorts allegedly shot at one Ms. Steph Briella, her partner, and her best friend at Club Cubana, Victoria Island, Lagos, was because he wanted to snatch her from her partner.
The self-described “African Giant” said this on “Thanks,” a J.Cole feature on his seventh studio album, “I Told Them,” which was released on Thursday night.
He sings, “Is this the ming thanks I get for making my people proud, every chance I get?”I understand, therefore it’s all right. This Nigerian is not loved.They claim that I don’t have a baby mom and that I shot someone for Cubana because I wanted to collect that person’s women. They also claim that my mother performed for Fela. Is this the f**ing thanks I get? for always upholding the pride of my people.
