Veteran Nollywood actor, Patrick Doyle, has said that famous Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has not individually accomplished anything outstanding in the music industry, hence the singer and his likes needed to be humble and respectful.
This is coming a week after Burna Boy in a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, said that afrobeat was “literally nothing and has no lyrical substance.”
But, the veteran actor in a Facebook post noted that the recognition enjoyed by Burna Boy today was the handiwork of heroes past.
He cautioned that Burna Boy and his contemporaries must be humble and respect the diligent and innovative forerunners and pioneers like King Sunny Ade, late Majek Fashek, and late Afrobeat King Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Patrick Doyle wrote: “The credit for the feats that appear to be puffing the likes of Burna Boy up have to be properly ascribed to the greats who cleared the thorny paths that have created pathways for his likes.
“Burna Boy has not by himself done anything that can be remotely described as great. He and his peers are recipients of the labours of heroes past. They need to be humble and respectful of their diligent and truly pioneering predecessors like SunnyAde, Majek Fashek, Ik Dairo and the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
“Greatness and great don’t exist in a vacuum. Let us not contribute to the creation of an arrogant and obnoxious monster.”
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