Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has lamented that Burna Boy is erroneously being credited for records set by him and others in the Nigerian music industry.
He
recalled that Burna Boy was widely reported as the first artiste to play in
Coachella in 2020 despite his (Kuti’s) performance at the festival in 2012.
He also
mentioned that before Burna Boy earned his first Grammy nomination for Best
World Music Album with African Giant, his elder brother, Femi Kuti had received
multiple nominations in the category.
Speaking
in a recent interview with The Public Republic, Kuti lamented that his album
‘Black Times’ was nominated for Best World Music Album years ago but no African
award organiser considered it for a nomination.
The
controversial singer stated that despite earning another Grammy nomination for
his contributions to Janelle Monae’s ‘Age of Pleasure,’ which was nominated in
the Album of the Year category at the 2024 Grammys, the media didn’t mention
him among the Nigerian artists nominated for the 66th Grammys.
“My
brother [Femi Kuti] has been nominated at the Grammys multiple times. They’ve
nominated me, I was also nominated in the last edition. It was only my name
that they [Nigerian media] didn’t mention among the Nigerian artists who were
nominated for the 66th Grammys. That’s what they do every time as if I’m from
Togo.
“That’s
how they said Burna boy was the first Nigerian artiste to play in Coachella in
2020 where me I’ve played in 2012 as if I’m from Togo,” he lamented.
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