Burna Boy reacts to rumours his mum danced for Fela

Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, has implied that despite making his home nation proud “every chance” he gets, Nigerians don’t appreciate him enough.

He said that instead of appreciating his priceless musical contributions to Nigeria, Nigerians spread rumours that his mother was a dancer for the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, and that impotence may be the cause of his lack of a baby mama, unlike most of his contemporaries.

Burna Boy, whose maternal grandfather, Benson Idonije, was Fela Kuti’s first manager, also lashed out at Nigerians for speculating that the June 8, 2022, incident where his police escorts allegedly shot at one Ms. Steph Briella, her partner, and her best friend at Club Cubana, Victoria Island, Lagos, was because he wanted to snatch her from her partner.

The self-styled “African Giant” said this on “Thanks”, a J.Cole feature from his seventh studio album, “I Told Them,” which was released on Thursday night.

He sings: “Is this the m*ing thanks I get for making my people proud, every chance I get?

“It’s okay, I get. This Naija no love.

“They say my mama dance for Fela.

“They say I no get baby mama.

“They say I shoot person for Cubana because I want collect person woman…
Is this the m***ing thanks I get? For making my people proud, every chance I get.”