Burna Boy relinquishes ‘African Giant’ title to Falz amid backlash over stance on ongoing protest

• Afrobeats sensation, Burna Boy, has stunned fans by handing over his “African Giant” title to Falz, amidst controversy.
• After distancing himself from nationwide protests, a social media user called him out for not living up to his “African Giant” moniker.
• Burna Boy responded by publicly passing the title to Falz.

Afrobeats maestro, Burna Boy has sparked a frenzy among his fans by relinquishing his coveted “African Giant” title to fellow musician, Falz.

This unexpected move comes on the heels of Burna Boy’s recent social media rant, where he distanced himself from the ongoing nationwide protests. The singer’s decision to dissociate himself from the protests was prompted by the incident that occurred on October 20th 2020 during the EndSARS protest.

In response to one of Burna Boy’s posts, a social media user, @jr_barryy, criticized him for hiding behind his “African Giant” moniker and failing to live up to it by active activism.

The X user’s comment read: “Because you wan ghost and you de call yourself African giant.”

Burna Boy swiftly responded, announcing that he had passed the torch to Falz, saying: “I don hand am over to Falz bros.”

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The handover elicited a lot of comments from netizens who questioned Burna Boy’s statement.

One RuphC wrote: “Falz ke When it comes to this p You and Falz not on d same league bro Rest Abeg No go loose small respect when remain”

Reverse Truth wrote: “So literally you don finally agree say you just dey milk Fela style that time no be say you really dey concerned”

PrimeTime wrote: “I don’t subscribe to guys in internet but you are pained because people called Falz African giant”

Abazz wrote: “What did you hand over?? Oga na Falz dey hold am before you no hand over anything”

benny wrote: “no be you hand am over o. na so dem talk am. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂”

Xtertainer wrote: “Falz took after his father, we know who you took after”