Nigerian singer Burna Boy believes Afrobeats lack depth, and that many Nigerian artists have limited experience.

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In a recent interview, Burna Boy asserted that 90% of Afrobeats musicians sing ineffectively and lack the experience necessary to create music with depth.

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He then uses himself as an illustration of what he has attempted to emphasize, claiming that, in contrast to other Afrobeat musicians who sing about nothing, he creates music on a variety of subjects.

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‘AfroBeats as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing’, he says. ‘There’s no substance to it — like, nobody is talking about anything in it. it’s just a great time’.

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Some music fans have expressed displeasure with the statement, saying the afrobeat artist is being greedy and self-centered by disparaging the genre that gave him his start.

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