Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy has caused a backlash by saying “there is no substance” to most of the genre’s music.
In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the Nigerian singer explained that he doesn’t feel that most contemporary artists from Nigeria and even Africa have the experience to make what he sees as meaningful music.
“Half of them, [actually,] 90 per cent of them, have almost no real-life experiences that they can understand,” he says. “That’s why you hear most Nigerian music, African Music, or…