Veteran actor Patrick Doyle, Burna Boy, has stated that Grammy-award-winning singer Burna Boy has not achieved anything that can be considered great on his own.
Doyle, in a Facebook post, contends that the accomplishments that seem to be elevating artists like Burna Boy should be rightfully attributed to renowned singers such as Fela, Sunny Ade, Majek Fasek, and others.
According to him, these pioneers paved the way for artists like Burna Boy and facilitated their success.
He wrote, ‘’The credit for the feats that appear to be puffing the likes of Burna Boy up has to be properly ascribed to the greats who cleared the thorny paths that have created pathways for his likes to walk through practically effortlessly.
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. Great artists like Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo, Majek Fashek, I, k. Dairo, and a galaxy of others paved the way from the 1960s to the 2000s. Greatness and great feats don’t exist in a vacuum.
Let us not contribute to the creation of an arrogant and obnoxious monster.”
