{"id":214130,"date":"2025-07-15T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=214130"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:48:36","slug":"i-didnt-realise-i-needed-it-burna-boy-apologises-for-disparaging-afrobeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/15\/i-didnt-realise-i-needed-it-burna-boy-apologises-for-disparaging-afrobeats\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I didn\u2019t realise I needed it&#8217;: Burna Boy apologises for disparaging Afrobeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Recall that Burna Boy had in 2023 said Afrobeats has no lyrical depth or substance and distanced himself from the genre<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has apologised for the denigrating remarks he made about Afrobeats, Nigeria&#8217;s most popular music genre.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/13\/why-i-will-not-start-a-family-anytime-soon-burna-boy\/\">Burna Boy<\/a> had in 2023 said Afrobeats has no lyrical depth or substance and distanced himself from the genre.<\/p>\n<p>The remark sparked controversy as he came under fire from Nigerians who saw his utterance as an affront to the genre of music that catapulted him to stardom.<\/p>\n<p>But in a recent interview with BBC\u2019s Eddie Kadi, the &#8216;Ye&#8217; crooner said the statement was born out of ignorance as he was oblivious to the significant and lofty place Afrobeats occupies in the African music landscape.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he didn\u2019t realise at the time that African artists need Afrobeats as an umbrella genre to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he chose to call his style of music Afrofusion because he didn\u2019t think he could fit into the Afrobeats category in the early days of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy award winner stated that he has now realised that African artists have to be united and not divided along genres, to grow the continent\u2019s music.<\/p>\n<p>He apologised for his controversial remark, claiming he was in a \u201cdark place mentally\u201d when he made the statement.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI didn\u2019t understand why people wanted my music to be inside one box. 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