Burna Boy’s I Told Them Album: Singer Addresses Club Shooting Claims in Song With J.Cole, Drags Nigerians
- Singer Burna Boy's 7th album 'I Told Them' is finally out and already trending across different social media platforms
- A track on the album dubbed Thanks, featuring US rapper J. Cole, stood out as Burna Boy used it to address his involvement in a shooting at Cubana club
- The Grammy award winner stated that Nigerians have refused to appreciate him for everything he has done to make them proud
- In a chat with Legit.ng's Olumide Alake, Lynelle, a big fan of Burna Boy from Belize, applauded the Grammy award winner's music prowess
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Nigerian international act Burna Boy's 7th album 'I Told Them', released on Friday, August 25, is already trending on streaming and social media platforms.
It appears the new album was personal for the Grammy award winner as he used a track on the album titled Thanks, featuring American rapper J. Cole, to address his involvement in a shooting at Cubana Club a year ago.
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Burna Boy reportedly involved in shooting at Cubana club
Legit.ng recalls reporting that Burna Boy was in the news in 2022 after he was alleged to have been involved in shooting a man because he wanted to speak with the man's wife.
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While Burna Boy kept mute on the incident, rumours about the singer went viral online.
Burna Boy sings about shooting incident
In his new song with J.Cole, Burna Boy sang about the incident again, adding that Nigerians have refused to appreciate him despite making the country proud and elevating it to the international stage.
Some lyrics from the song read:
“Is this the motherfucing thanks I get? Say my mama dance for fella ,Say I not get baby mama, Say I shoot person for Cubana, Because I wan collect person woman, Is this the motherfucing thanks I get? For making my people proud Every chance I geeeeet”
According to Lynelle, Burna Boy's I Told Them album perfectly describes diverse sounds and genres.
She said: "When Burna said this album was like an episode of "Robot Chicken" it was really the perfect way to describe the way the diversity of sounds and genres all came together to make this beautiful album - unified by a strong African sentiment and baseline throughout. In all, I thought it was the definition of Afrofusion that no one else has quite mastered. With every listen, I enjoyed the album more. If I Am Lying had me crying real tears, and Test, Approved & Trusted had me jumping out of my seat to whine. I appreciated the shout-out to the Caribbean in that one from the dancehall sounds to the carnival references."
Did Burna Boy deny sampling Jeremih's song?
Burna Boy made headlines for the umpteenth time after sampling US music star Jeremih's song.
Burna had an interview with Complex where he was asked about one of his new tracks, City Boy, and if it was his idea to sample Jeremih’s 2010 hit song, Birthday Sexx, for it.
The Nigerian star then went ahead to explain how the producer made the beat while he made the song. According to him, he only found out on social media about two days ago that Jeremih’s song was sampled.
Source: Legit.ng
