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Award winning singer Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, has subtly thrown jabs at his senior colleague, Brymo. 

The ‘African Giant’ crooner shaded his the ‘Ara’ vocalist while rehearsing with his band, Outsiders, in a freestyle session.

“Hustle hard make you no fall off like Brymo,” he sings.

The freestyle video has since gone viral on social media.

Read Also: Brymo accuses Burna Boy of song theft

Meanwhile, Brymo has reacted to Burna Boy’s freestyle video shared on X by a music buff, WeTalkSound.

Quoting the tweet, Brymo wrote: “Foolish boy with all these talentless lyrics.”

Brymo recently accused him of song theft.

He alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre’.

Businessman Abu Salami has continued to drag superstar singer Davido over alleged debt. 

Salami questioned Davido’s income, affirming that his money is nothing compared to Burna Boy’s money.  

He claimed that he saw Burna Boy instantly transfer N15 million to a man who needed assistance. 

Read Also: Dammy Krane releases diss track for Davido over unpaid debt

According to him: “Burna Boy and Davido’s money can’t be compared. How much is Davido really making? I was present when Burna Boy transferred N15 million to a man who was in need of help.

“To have been to Burna Boy’s house, to have chilled with Burna Boy, and that same day. I saw Burna Boy transfer 15 million to a guy because the guy was in some kind of situation.”

Maverick singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ aka Brymo, has accused Nigerian self-styled giant, Burna Boy of intellectual theft.

The ‘Ara’ crooner alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’

He said what Burna Boy did was a “crime” and should serve a jail term.

Read Also: Brymo: People expect big artistes to be controversial

On his Instagram handle, Brymo wrote: “By end of this year y’all will recollect that ‘Macabre’ wasn’t released when in the public, and as privately as it gets .: ‘city boy’.. and ‘I Told You’ were fed to Burna Boy..

“Former of the track titles I mentioned above is there to point me to the fact that the latter, and his album title is the hook I sing on my album title track ‘Macabre’.. burna na really boy.. and that’s a crime.!! An actual crime…To do time for… and if una like make una resurrect legends to come complain about stolen songs… una go regret this shit to numerous degrees… shey una no dey hear word !!.”

Grammy-award winning act Burna Boy has stated that the X app wouldn’t be the same if he had access to his personal account.

Speaking during an interview on Kiss Fresh hosted by Henrie, the singer stated that his management took his Twitter account from him.

He said he would always be on the trend table because he doesn’t tolerate disrespect from anyone as the X ground will shake consistently.

Read Also:At age 13, 14 I knew Burna Boy would be a ‘musical giant’ – Mom

He said: “If I had access to my account everywhere would be shaking every day. The ground will be elevating based on my feelings and I don’t like disrespect on the internet and they always try to disrespect me on the internet. So my management does not let me have access, if not then the ground will elevate. I will spend too much time there, honestly, I will spend a lot of time there.”

Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy’s lost all seven nominations at the just concluded 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards which held at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night.

He lost the Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and Best Live Performer of the Year categories to Kendrick Lamar.

Burna Boy also lost: Hustler of the Year to 50Cent and Best Collaboration of the Year for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ feat, 21 Savage to Lil Durk and J. Cole’s ‘All My Life.’

Read Also: Burna Boy inspired album title ‘Sincerely, Benson’ – BNXN

His other losses include Best Hip Hop Video for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ feat, 21 Savage to Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Just Wanna Rock’, and Song of the Year to the same song.

But Ghanaian prodigy, Black Sherif won the Best International Flow category defeating South Africa’s late AKA and K.O, France’s Gazo and Ninho, UK’s J Hus, Central Cee and others.

Bose Ogulu, mother of Burna Boy, has revealed that she foresaw greatness in the Grammy-winning singer during his early teenage years.

She told BBC’s Nyasha Michelle in an interview that she predicted he would be a force to reckon with in the world of music.

According to her: “I think I had know at age 13 or 14 that he was going to be great at something and that thing was probably going to be music.

“I had already seen him in the studio, I had already watched him form a high school band,” she said.

“From when he was in JSS3, which I think would be Year 9, we started trading studio time for grades. I would say: ‘OK, if you make a B or an A in this, I’ll pay for studio time during your mid-term’.”

Mama Burna as she’s fondly called mentioned though she had a strong premonition about his musical prowess, yet as a typical African parent, she encouraged him to get formal education.

Read Also: Burna Boy inspired album title ‘Sincerely, Benson’ – BNXN

She said: “The African parents we were raised to be, you always want to make them go to school and get a degree. Just because you’re convincing yourself that they need a safety net. Or you’re ticking the boxes or whatever.

Underling her achievement before assuming the ‘Mama Burna’ and managing her son full-time, the Spaceship Collective CEO added: “Before being Mama Burna, I was trained as an interpreter and a translator. 

“I worked around most of the countries in West Africa. I ran a language school for 18 years.”

Popular Afro-fusion singer Daniel Benson aka BNXN has revealed the inspiration behind his recently released album titled: ‘Sincerely, Benson’.

BNXN, while speaking to Apple Music Africa Now Radio about the album that released on October 5, 2023, said he followed Burna Boy’s template.

In the interview with Nandy Madiba, BNXN said his album title was inspired by Grammy-winning megastar Burna Boy who advised him to find a way to incorporate the name into his album after he made the name change from Buju to BNXN.

Read Also: Why I decided to go back to music – Singer BNXN

“I went out with Burna Boy. We were talking, this is around the period where I’d just changed the name and he’s like ‘yo, now you need to personalise that name, you need to make an emphasis on that name. This name? That has to be your album name. It has to be part of your album itself, you need to sell it with you.

“He told me that and it stuck to me so bad, but it was crazy because months after that he drops ‘Love, Damini’. You know, his real name! I was like ‘Ahhh my guy, I feel you!’… so yeah, that was one of the reasons that really inspired the name, the need to personalise and make an emphasis on the name, so people really identify me for what it is,” he said.