Burna Boy Reveals How He Was Influenced By Late Indian Rapper
Burna Boy has recently divulged the significant influence his late friend, the esteemed Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala had on the revitalization of his artistic endeavours.
During an interview on BBC Radio 1Xtra, the acclaimed singer expressed that when he found himself devoid of ideas and struggling to sustain his craft, Wala served as his sole source of inspiration.
Burna Boy further revealed that despite having listened to a plethora of music, none resonated with him until he encountered Wala’s work. Regrettably, the self-proclaimed ‘African Giant’ shared that he was collaborating on a joint project with Sidhu Moose Wala prior to the tragic event of his assassination in May 2022.
He said; “He [Sidhu Moose Wala] was one of the biggest inspirations I had at a time when I felt like I’ve already musically done it all.
“I felt like I’d exhausted myself musically in my head because I was listening to everything and nothing was making sense to me. “I felt like I’ve already spoken about everything. I already said everything [in songs]. But Sidhu brought another angle to my musicality. He is a legend. The legend of Punjab. There will never be another one.”
Meanwhile, 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.
