“If Fela was still alive, Nigerians would have called for his arrest” – Burna Boy

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Nigerian Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, Burna Boy has uttered his view about how people change with time.

In his recent interview with Apple Music in the UK, he outlined that people celebrating Fela today would also be the people to call for his arrest if he were still alive today.

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According to him, God doesn’t portray mistake in his adventure and every single thing happen for a reason. Finalising his view, he disclosed that everything is now defined by stupidity and ignorance.

His words:

“What I have realised is that the times are really funny. Fela in his time was going through things that, if he was here today, it might have been a whole different feeling like a whole bunch of people from Nigeria who you see today celebrating Fela, are the same people that would have been tagging the police to go and arrest Fela if there was Twitter then.”

“So, at the end of the day, I feel like God doesn’t make mistakes. You know what I mean like the times are just perfect for everyone, you know. If he [Fela] was here today, like his career started now, he may not have the space to explore that [his conscious creativity] because there is too much in this day and age that it just doesn’t interlock with the spirits. Right now, spirituality is almost non-existent.”

“Now, it [the society] is just mostly run by stupidity and ignorance. It was still the same back then [during Fela’s era] but it wasn’t as amplified or accessed [as it is today]. Now, everything is defined by stupidity and ignorance.”

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

Watch video below;

If FELA was here today, a whole lot of Nigerians will be tagging the police to go arrest him

– Burna Boy pic.twitter.com/apid6wMFZT

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) August 22, 2023