“Afrobeat Fed Burna Boy for years” Bad Boy Timz tackles Burna Boy for shading the Afrobeat genre

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Nigerian singer and music producer, Bad Boy Timz has fired back at Burna Boy for shading Afrobeat.

Recall that in the recent trend, Burna Boy publicly shaded Afrobeat genre outlining that the genre has no substance.

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It trended to the extent that many civilians including his colleagues took sides negatively and positively. Some slammed him, while the likes of Ajebor Hustlers and BNXN supported his claim.

However, in the toll of this, Bad Boy Timz was not having it. He lambasted him for ignoring the fact that Afrobeat fed him for years amid his criticism.

His words:

“I feel like maybe representation of the message he [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 people [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.

“And Burna Boy saying that people [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.”

Nigerians couldn’t hold their nerves and reacted massively via all the social media platforms.