GRAMMY award-winning Nigerian artist, Burna Boy has said that the Afrobeats genre of music lacks substance, adding that “it’s just a great time”.
According to the singer, 90 per cent of Afrobeats songs are devoid of real-life experiences and only portray an amazing time, which life isn’t all about.
The self-styled African Giant made this known in a recent interview on Apple Music, where he said: “Not even experience; because half of them, like 90% of them, have no real-life experience that they can understand.
“That’s why you hear most Nigerian music, African Music, or Afrobeats, as you people call it, is mostly about nothing, absolutely nothing. There is no substance to it, like nobody is talking about anything, it’s just a great time. But at the end of the day, life isn’t an amazing time.”
His statement has since sparked a range of reactions on social media, with some agreeing with him and others criticising him for being arrogant.
