Burna Boy Is A Fake Artiste- Brymo
Brymo has hit hard at his colleague Burna Boy by insisting that he is ‘unoriginal, cheap, and fake’. During an interview with TVC News, Brymo expressed his views on Burna Boy, accusing him of being a thief.
According to Brymo, every song released by Burna Boy is a mere sample of another artist’s work, and many of his slogans are stolen. Brymo also questioned how Burna Boy managed to win a Grammy award with his style of music, finding it amusing that Burna Boy considers himself the epitome of Afrobeat, comparing himself to Jesus.
Furthermore, Brymo emphasized that Afrobeats is a music style, not a genre, and it was the late Fela Kuti who pioneered the Afrobeat genre. Brymo alleged that Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido were thieves who appropriated Fela’s music genre and attempted to reinvent it by adding an “S” to Afrobeat, without truly understanding the struggles Fela endured while creating it.
The 37-year-old singer criticized the new generation of artists for diluting genres by primarily focusing on renaming what the older generation had already established rather than building upon their foundations.
Brymo is a multi-talented Nigerian artist who has made a name for himself as a singer, songwriter, sonic artist, actor, and author. He was born and raised in Okokomaiko and began recording music while still in secondary school in 1999. In 2010, he signed a recording contract with Chocolate City but was accused of breaching his contract in 2013.
Brymo’s debut studio album, Brymstone, was released in 2007, followed by The Son of a Kapenta in 2012, which featured hit singles such as “Ara”, “Good Morning”, and “Go Hard”. His third studio album, Merchants, Dealers & Slaves, was released in 2013 and received positive reviews from music critics, with singles “Down” and “Eko” gaining popularity.
Brymo’s fourth studio album, Tabula Rasa, was released in October 2014, with lead single “Fe Mi” described as a “soft traditional ballad”. He followed this up with an eight-track compilation album, Trance, in December 2015, primarily targeted at audiences in the U.S.
The album includes songs from Merchants, Dealers & Slaves and Tabula Rasa. Brymo’s fifth studio album, Klĭtôrĭs, was released in May 2016 and was nominated for Best R&B/Pop Album at The Headies 2016 and for Album of the Year at The Headies 2018.
In March 2018, Brymo released his critically acclaimed sixth studio album, Oṣó, which features a mixture of alternative folk and Yoruba music, and was supported by the singles “Heya!” and “Bá’núsọ”. In August 2019, Brymo teamed up with three members of Skata Vibration to form A.A.A, an alternative rock band, and released their eponymous debut Extended Play (EP).
