Burna claimed that “there is no substance” to the genre because most Afrobeats artistes only talk about having “an amazing time” in their songs.
Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has come under fire for his recent remarks about the Afrobeats genre.
Speaking with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, in an interview that was published on the streamer’s YouTube channel on Monday, the artiste said, “Not even experiences because 90 percent of them have no real-life experiences that they can understand. Which is why you hear most of Nigerian music or African music, or Afrobeats, as you people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.”
Burna claimed that “there is no substance” to the genre because most Afrobeats artistes only talk about having “an amazing time” in their songs.
“But at the end of the day, life is not an amazing time,” he continued. “No matter how nice of a time you are having now, had at some point, or you plan to have, you are still going to face life. So, for me, I feel like music should be the essence of the artiste. The artiste is a person who has good days, bad days, his great days and worst days. For me, I feel like music should be the essence of the artist.”
In the interview, the singer talked at length about his inspirations, influences, being a fan as a celebrity, his music career, and his upcoming album, “I Told Them”.
Lowe describes Burna Boy’s new album as encapsulating the “can’t be stopped energy that New York and its hip-hop legacy breeds”.
When asked what inspired the “I Told Them” album name, Ogulu revealed that it addresses people from his “own home” who have doubted his success.
“A prophet is not really recognised in his own home and sh*t. This one is for the part of my home, and people in my own home who didn’t believe or doubted it, or still doubt it. And not just them, everyone that ever heard me speak in the past when I first started,” he explained.
Alot of people have gone to their X handles to call his new album“Afro-Shalaye” 
according to @david hundeyin while controverial daniel regha wrote” Burna’s new album (I Told Them) is a 3/10, it’s the w¤rst effort from Burna since he started his career. The beats are great but the songs had n¤ substance; The entire album also promoted p¤mposity, encouraged v!olence & explicit lyrics. Furthermore, the album title doesn’t correlate with the theme. Burna also dissing Nigerians in “Thanks” ft J. Cole was not cool, plus some intros were n¤t necessary. The album was n¤t worth the wait or hype. No offense” others comments read “e don explain tire”
