August 31, (THEWILL) – Veteran Nollywood actor, Patrick Doyle, has stated that the recognition Ebunoluwa Damini Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy, has continued to enjoy should not be credited to him.
Doyle took to Facebook on Wednesday, to slam the Grammy-award-winning artiste, noting that the singer has done nothing by himself that can be remotely described as great.
The actor cum broadcaster also gave credit to veteran artistes like Sunday Adegeye, better known as Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo and I.K Dairo.
He revealed that those veterans paved the way for young artistes, hence they need to be respected and young artistes should acknowledge the works those veterans did.
“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 Sunny Ade, 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”, he wrote.
