A video of top Nigerian singer Burna Boy performing in Lagos on January 1, 2023 has gone viral on social media.
According to reports, the show, which was supposed to begin at 8 p.m., did not begin until many hours later.
When Burna finally took the stage, he also got things off his chest, explaining that if it hadn’t been for another artist, Seyi Vibes, he would have gone home.
The Grammy-winning artist was scheduled to perform at the Lagos Loves Damini concert on New Year’s Day, with the cheapest ticket costing N30,000.
Thousands of fans flocked to the venue in the hopes of seeing the music star, but they were forced to wait for hours before he appeared on stage.
According to reports, the concert was supposed to begin at 8 p.m., but many music fans who arrived at the venue saw the crew and technical crew still setting up, and the show itself did not begin until several hours later.
The Grammy-winning Nigerian artist eventually took the stage and expressed his feelings.
Burna Boy told his fans that he still loves them and admitted that if it hadn’t been for another music star, Seyi Vibes, he would have left the venue and gone home.
Not content with that, he went on to list some of the ways Nigerians had offended him, such as claiming he killed someone in a popular Lagos club and that his mother danced for Fela, among other things.
Burna went on to say that despite everything, he loves his fans and that God will punish them if they don’t.
In his words:
“Just to show you say I still love una, I no go even lie for you, If no be Seyi Vibes sef I for don dey go house but I dey here with una after una don talk say I kill person for Cubana, after una don talk say my mama dance for Fela, no wahala I still love you na why I dey here, so if you like no love me, na God go punish you.”
See the viral video below:
In another video posted online by a concertgoer, the singer was heard discussing how his Nigerian fans had hurt him with their tweets, but that he couldn’t stop loving them.
Nobody like Burna Boy, I’m sorry.
The wait, absolutely worth it 😭😭😭#OutsiderForLife#LagosLovesDamini pic.twitter.com/j0SH4APMh6— big mkg 💫 (@NnmaMoore) January 2, 2023