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Burna Boy’s (Hideous) Comments About Streams Are Hypocritical And Unnecessary

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Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. You are allowed to believe anything and express yourself within the walls of your belief. DMW superstar Mayorkun recently posted a picture some days back to celebrate the cumulative number of streams he’s gathered so far (70 million streams). Many of his fans took to the comment section to congratulate him. However, ‘African Giant’ Burna Boy doesn’t seem so pleased with the singer’s success. Should that be something for him to worry about?

Burna Boy is a talented musician with great potential. We have all seen him climb the ladder of success and his rise to the top is commendable. He’s regarded to be one of the notable African acts exporting Afrobeats to the world. His role in the success of the sound cannot be downplayed. But it is important to discuss the controversial statements he’s been making in recent times.

Tiwa Savage signed a huge deal with Universal Music Group last week. It was considered to be a major move from an African woman. The Ma Lo crooner officially quit Mavin records and most music lovers and industry players couldn’t hide their excitement as they took to social media to rejoice with her. It was, however, disturbing to see Burna Boy write a post on Instagram about African artists signing deals that are not beneficial to them. There might be truth in the statement but there are surely better ways to present it.

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It cannot be argued that Burna just wanted to share his opinion despite how irrelevant it might have been. Dammy Krane also jumped on the same motion. Peruzzi proved himself smart by stating that anyone can make success anywhere in the world. If truly, there are artists signing unfavorable deals, wouldn’t it make more sense as an artist to reach out to them and have such a discussion? What’s the point of mentioning it on social media? Especially when the person in question once said he doesn’t do social media chatter.

Now, let’s talk about his comments on streaming. The number of streams an artist gets on his songs or projects is a metric to measure how well he or she is doing. It is surprising that Burna is ridiculing someone for posting his number of streams when he did exactly the same thing when his numbers went up after people stumbled on Ye in their search for Kanye’s 2018 album. I think it’s unethical and hypocritical to knock the hustle of a fellow artist, particularly at a time when the industry needs a lot of support.

What I find even more ludicrous is Burna referring to Gangnam Style, a song whose music video accumulated so many streams that it broke YouTube’s counter, as a joke. He said the same thing about the popular single Baby Shark too. Obviously, he barely has any idea what he’s talking about and was most likely pushed by jealousy to post something so unwarranted.

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After making his comments known, some social media users gnawed at him for his (regular) display of controversy. It was seen by many as the Streets of Africa hitmaker hating on someone operating in the same industry as him.

If I were to advise Burna Boy, I would say he needs to evaluate himself and these outrageous statements. It’s not productive to shit on others because you want to speak your mind. No one is disputing Burna’s claim of being an African giant but is that what gives him the confidence to try and trample on others? It would do us all a lot of good if Burna desisted from passing snide remarks on the achievements of artists like himself.

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