Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy has remarked that the majority of his countrymen do not believe he is on the same level as American music icons.
The artist stated that his upcoming album, “I Told Them…,” is a lighthearted retort to those who have tried to discredit him in the past and currently.
The singer made the remarks in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
The self-proclaimed “African Giant” complained how Nigerians frequently place up-and-coming American rappers ahead of him.
He said, “To this day, there’s many Nigerians who can tell you an American rapper who just started their career, and they’ll say they’re bigger than Burna Boy. They don’t understand it. They’ll say, ‘There’s no way someone who talks like me can even be on the same level as an American artist.”
Burna Boy stated that American songs used to dominate the playlists of Nigerian media outlets, but that has changed due to the explosion of afrobeats.
