Expressing his viewpoint, veteran actor Patrick Doyle holds that Burna Boy, the recipient of a Grammy Award, has not achieved any significant accomplishment solely by his own efforts.
Taking to his Facebook page, Doyle elaborates that the achievements which seem to be elevating Burna Boy should rightfully be attributed to iconic musicians such as Fela, Sunny Ade, Majek Fasek, and other trailblazers who paved the way for Burna Boy and his contemporaries to navigate their careers with relative ease.
He wrote;
‘’The credit for the feats that appear to be puffing the likes of Burna Boy up have to be properly ascribed to the greats who cleared the thorny paths that have created pathways for his likes to walk through practically effortlessly.
Burna Boy has not by himself done anything that can be remotely described as great. He and his peers are recipients of the labours of heroes past. They need to be humble and respectful of their diligent and truly pioneering predecessors. Great artistes like SunnyAde, Fela Anikulapo, Majek Fashek , I, k. Dairo and a galaxy of others who paved the way from the 60s, to the 2000s. Greatness and great feats don’t exist in a vacuum. Let us not contribute to the creation of an arrogant and obnoxious monster.”
