Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as, Burna Boy. Has handed over his acclaimed African Giant title to his colleague, Folarin Falana, popularly known as, Falz the Bahd Guy.
Burna Boy made this statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. On Thursday, he broke silence on why he distanced himself from the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
In his tweet, the singer said that the fight in him died in 2020. During the #EndSars protest, when some protesters made calls to boycott his music.
WA Boy wrote, reacting to an old video from October 2020, where some protesters were heard shouting, “Don’t play Burna o, we don’t want Burna.” He said: “The fight in me died on this day. Ogun go doggy, anyone wey call my name this time around.”
Burna Boy’s post sparked reactions from X users who called him out in the comment section over his silence in the ongoing protest.
Tweeting anonymously as #boymanager0, an X user commented, “Oga, shut up. Because they did you bad doesn’t mean you should give up. U taught us to keep fighting in your songs, but u dey here dey cap nonsense.”
“I taught you to keep fighting your oppressors, but you chose to fight me,” Burna Boy replied.
Tweeting as #Xperience_Snr, another user wrote, “They didn’t just wake up and started shouting… “No Burna Boy, We No Want Burna Boy, Cancel” that chant came as a huge disappointment from lots of Nigerians because you’d constantly thrown us under the bus abroad and during election and protest. You were quiet.”
Some users also questioned Burna’s self-proclaimed ‘African Giant’ title.
“Are you not supposed to be the Giant of Africa like you claimed you are? But when it is time to lend your voice, you will suddenly become ant of Africa,” #Tooshugary4U wrote.
Similarly, another user, #jr_barry, wrote, “Because you wan ghost and you de call yourself African giant.”
In his response, Burns Boy declared, “I don hand am over to Falz bros,” seemingly handling the title to fellow musician, Falz.
