Burna Boy Hands Over ‘African Giant’ Title to Falz Amid Backlash Over Stance on Ongoing Protest

Burna Boy, the Afrobeats master, has stirred a frenzy among his followers by handing over his cherished title “African Giant” to fellow singer Falz.

This surprise action follows Burna Boy’s recent social media diatribe, in which he distanced himself from the ongoing national demonstrations. The singer’s decision to distance himself from the demonstrations was motivated by an event that occurred on October 20th, 2020, during the EndSARS rally.

In response to one of Burna Boy’s postings, a social media user, @jr_barryy, chastised him for hiding behind his “African Giant” label and failing to uphold it through active advocacy.

The X user wrote, “Because you wan ghost and you de call yourself African giant.”

Burna Boy quickly replied, declaring that he had handed over the torch to Falz, saying: “I don hand am over to Falz bros.”

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Abazz wrote: “What did you hand over?? Oga na Falz dey hold am before you no hand over anything”

benny wrote: “no be you hand am over o. na so dem talk am.”

Xtertainer wrote: “Falz took after his father, we know who you took after”

The handover elicited a lot of comments from netizens who questioned Burna Boy’s statement.

One RuphC wrote: “Falz ke When it comes to this p You and Falz not on d same league bro Rest Abeg No go loose small respect when remain”

Reverse Truth wrote: “So literally you don finally agree say you just dey milk Fela style that time no be say you really dey concerned”

PrimeTime wrote: “I don’t subscribe to guys in internet but you are pained because people called Falz African giant”