Dancehall star, Byron Messia has said that Nigerian Grammy-award winner, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy, is very talented.
The Jamaican born singer relished working on the remix of his song ‘Talibans’ with the self-acclaimed African Giant, on the latest episode of the Bootleg Kev podcast.
He praised Burna Boy’s “insaane” talent and stated that the Afrobeats star doesn’t write songs in the studio, adding that he did his verse off freestyling.
Messia said; “Burna Boy did his verse on the song, ‘Talibans II’ in my presence. The session was fun and exciting. Burna Boy murdered that remix.
“The way he came up with that verse, mehn, this man is talented, gifted like out of the world, craazy, insaane like insaanely talented. He didn’t even write his verse. He didn’t stand in the studio boot for an hour. It was a craazy moment.”
Meanwhile, in another news…
Controversial singer, Olawale Oloforo, popularly known as Brymo, has accused Afrobeats singer, Burna Boy of intellectual property theft.
The songwriter alleged that Burna Boy’s song, ‘City Boys’ and album titled ‘I Told Them’ sampled the title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’
Brymo took to his Instagram page and said what the Grammy wining singer did was a “crime” and he should serve a jail term.
He then made a reference to dancehall star, Blackface recent claim that some top musicians stole his songs. The ‘Ara’ crooner vowed to ensure that they regret their actions.
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 !!.”