Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer and songwriter, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has given out his self-acclaimed ‘African Giant’ title to Nigerian rapper and activist Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz the Bahd Guy.
The “Last Last” crooner made the handover known through a post on his official page on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.
He broke silence on why he distanced himself from the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
In his tweet, the singer stated that the fight in him died in 2020 during the ENDSARS protest, when some protesters made calls to boycott his music.
“The fight in me died on this day. Ogun go doggy, anybody wey call my name this time around,” Burna Boy wrote, reacting to an old video from October 2020, where some protesters were heard shouting, “Don’t play Burna o, we don’t want Burna.”
Burna Boy’s post sparked reactions from X users who called him out in the comment section over his silence in the ongoing protest.
Tweeting anonymously as #boymanager0, an X.com user commented, “Oga, shut up. Because they did you bad doesn’t mean you should give up. U taught us to keep fighting in your songs, but u dey here dey cap nonsense.”
“I taught you to keep fighting your oppressors, but you chose to fight me,” Burna Boy replied.
Tweeting as #Xperience_Snr, another user wrote, “They didn’t just wake up and started shouting… “No Burna Boy, We No Want Burna Boy, Cancel” that chant came as a huge disappointment from lots of Nigerians because you’d constantly thrown us under the bus abroad and during election and protest. You were quiet.”
Some users also questioned Burna’s self-proclaimed ‘African Giant’ title.
“Are you not supposed to be the Giant of Africa like you claimed you are? But when it is time to lend your voice, you will suddenly become ant of Africa,” #Tooshugary4U wrote.
Similarly, another user, #jr_barry, wrote, “Because you wan ghost and you de call yourself African giant.”
In his response, Burna Boy declared, “I don hand am over to Falz bros,” seemingly relinquishing the title to fellow musician, Falz.
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