Forget the titles and the hype. The real scandal in African music is that every single artist, A-Z, secretly copies Burna Boy's homework.
This is not admiration. This is a survival strategy.
The young artists are too scared to ask for the blueprint.
Other (the 'OGs') are too prideful and ashamed to admit that they are now taking notes from him.
He is not a peer; he is the undisputed syllabus. Why? Because Burna Boy cracked the code, and until someone else genuinely innovates, the entire continent is just running his play.
ODG: The Oracle. The rest? Just echoes.
The man is a global superstar! Yes, he gets into some wahala (trouble) sometimes, because he has that Fela spirit—he doesn't fear anything and he speaks his mind, and that will always keep me loving him.