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Entertainment of Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Burna Boy has not done anything that can be described as great - Patrick Doyle

Patrick Doyle and Burna Boy Patrick Doyle and Burna Boy

Veteran actor Patrick Doyle, has called on Burna Boy and his colleagues in the music industry to be humble and respectful to their pioneering predecessors who paved the way for them.

According to him, the Grammy award-winning singer, Burna Boy has not by himself done anything that can be described as great.

He noted that Burna Boy and other current artistes are recipients of the labours of heroes past.

Taking to his Facebook page to share his thoughts, Doyle described the likes of Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo, Majek Fashek, Paul I k. Dairo as great musicians.

He wrote;

"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."