How Burna Boy gets credit for my achievement – Seun Kuti

Seun Kuti, a Grammy-nominated Afrobeats performer, has expressed unhappiness with the music industry’s erroneous record crediting.

He pointed out that Burna Boy was incorrectly attributed as the first musician to perform at Coachella in 2020, while he really performed at the festival in 2012.

He also mentioned that his brother, Femi Kuti, had won several Grammy nominations before Burna Boy’s nomination for Best World Music Album.

Kuti also stated that his record “Black Times” was nominated for Best World Music record but was missed by African award organisers.

Despite his recent Grammy nomination for his contribution to Janelle Monae’s “Age of Pleasure,” Kuti claims he was not included among the Nigerian artists nominated for the 66th Grammys.

According to Kuti, the Nigerian media continuously dismisses his achievements as if he were not a Nigerian.

“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 artists 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 I’ve played in 2012 as if I’m from Togo,” he lamented.