Grammy-winning Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, has said that he recently turned down a $5 million offer to perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (UAE).
He disclosed that he turned down the offer because he would not be allowed to smoke weed while in Dubai.
Emirati law prohibits smoking in parks, beaches and all public recreational areas in Dubai.
Burna Boy stated this while freestyling with his band Outsiders.
“Just now I turned down dubai money, 5million dollar na small thing cos me I no dey like to dey go where dem no go gree allow me smoke igbo,” he said.
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Singer Brymo Calls Out Burna Boy For Theft
Meanwhile, Maverick singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, popularly known as Brymo, has accused Nigerian Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, of stealing his intellectual property.
Truetells Nigeria reports that the ‘Ara’ crooner, in a post via Instagram, alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’
Brymo said his album will be released by the end of the year, and what Burna Boy did was a crime.
He 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 !!.”