Seun Kuti Sulks Over Nigerian Media Bias For Burna Boy

Grammy-nominated Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has expressed frustration over what he sees as misattributed achievements in the Nigerian music industry, particularly regarding Burna Boy.

He pointed out that Burna Boy was mistakenly credited as the first artiste to perform at Coachella in 2020, despite Kuti himself performing at the festival in 2012.

Additionally, Seun Kuti highlighted that his elder brother, Femi Kuti, had received multiple Grammy nominations in the Best World Music Album category before Burna Boy earned his first nomination.

In an interview with The Public Republic, Kuti mentioned that his album ‘Black Times’ was nominated for Best World Music Album years ago, yet no African award organizers recognized it.

He further noted his Grammy nomination for his work on Janelle Monae’s ‘Age of Pleasure,’ which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2024 Grammys. Despite this, Kuti expressed disappointment that the media overlooked his contributions when discussing Nigerian artistes nominated for the 66th Grammys.

“My brother (Femi Kuti) has been nominated at the Grammys multiple times. They’ve nominated me, I was also nominated in the last edition. It was only my name that they [Nigerian media] didn’t mention among the Nigerian artistes who were nominated for the 66th Grammys. That’s what they do every time as if I’m from Togo.

“That’s how they said Burna boy was the first Nigerian artiste to play in Coachella in 2020 where me I’ve played in 2012 as if I’m from Togo,” he lamented.

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