In a post on the Instagram page of his upcoming album ‘No Signs of Weakness,’ Burna Boy shared that the “African Giant” persona is dead, and it was killed by his people.
According to the Grammy winner, what is left is the “Big 7” persona, which shaped his last album ‘I Told Them,’ and which he claims his constantly in conflict with his lover boy side.
Burna Boy’s statement is the latest in a career that has been plagued by a frosty relationship with his Nigerian audience, whom he constantly accused of undermining his career.
While his “African Giant” persona carried some elements of pan Africanism found in his music, especially in the ‘African Giant’ album and his Grammy-winning project ‘Twice As Tall’.
