“Afrobeat Fed Burna Boy For Years” – Bad Boy Timz

Olorunyomi Oloruntimilehin, aka Bad Boy Timz, a Nigerian singer, has chastised his colleague Burna Boy for claiming that afrobeat lacks substance.

Burna Boy recently told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that afrobeat is literally nothing and lacks lyrical substance

While appearing on the newest episode of Fresh Off The Boat, Bad Boy Timz criticized Burna Boy’s views, emphasizing that afrobeat has fed Burna for years.

Bad Boy Timz stated:

“I feel like maybe representation of the message Burna Boy was to pass across came off as a ‘Burna Boy.’ You understand that Burna is the type of person to make his point whether you hurt or not.

“But to say that afrobeat has no substance, I feel like he is just talking about certain artistes. The kind of music I make has substance; it’s not all jumpy. There are some sad moments. So, people who make albums out of nothing are on their own.”

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“And Burna Boy saying that artistes don’t have real life or good-enough experiences is just like speaking on behalf of other people. There are people who feel pain. Nobody has it 100 per cent. There are people who have been through a lot of traumatic experiences. Just because they don’t choose to put it in their music does not make them weak or unappreciative.

“Fela Kuti started afrobeat. Afrobeat is the base. Afrobeat is like our foundation. I mean, Afrobeat has fed Burna for years.”