Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has dismissed claims that he was impressed by Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti.
Throughout a current dialog with tennis legend Roger Federer, the African Big hitmaker acknowledged that Fela’s information have been among the many albums that outlined his early life, however he wasn’t impressed by them.
Burna Boy defined that the primary album he bought was the file of R&B artist, Joe, as his tenth birthday reward.
He revealed that he bought Fela’s album from his grandad, Benson Idonjie, who was the Afrobeat musician’s first supervisor.
He additionally shared that Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III and Tupac’s Makaveli album have been additionally among the many theme songs of his childhood.
Federer then requested which of these information had the most important impression on him. Burna Boy replier, “Truthfully, none,” however added, “Fela was an enormous affect on me.”
Burna Boy’s claims of not being impressed by Fela got here as a impolite shock to many as he has sampled the Afrobeat pioneer in a number of of his songs, together with hits like ‘Ye’, ‘My Cash, My Child’, and ‘Gbona’.
