‘Afrobeats has no substance, it’s just vibes’ – Burna Boy

Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning Nigerian artist, has claimed that the afrobeats genre lacks lyrical content and is “just a great time.”InformationGuideNigeria

He considers the genre to be “literally nothing.”

This was mentioned by the self-proclaimed “African Giant” in a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in New York.NYSC Portal 

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“90% of them [Nigerian musicians] have no real life experiences,” he says, “which is why most Nigerian music, African music, or afrobeats, as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.”

“There is no substance to it — like, nobody is talking about anything in it. it is just a great time. It’s an amazing time. But at the end of the day, life is not an amazing time. No matter how nice of a time you are having now or you had at some point or you plan to have, you are still going to face life.JAMB Portal

“So, for me, I feel like music should be the essence of the artiste. The artiste is a person who has good day, bad day, his great days and worst days. So, I’m dropping a project that should be a window for the fans to see those experiences.”

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