Burna Boy disrespects legendary Steel Pulse band in a Reggae Jam
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy has come under fire from Reggae fans after disrespecting Grammy Award-winning Reggae band Steel Pulse by attempting to force them out of their dressing room at the recently held Reggae Summer Jam Festival in Germany.
The uproar began after Steel Pulse singer and guitarist David “Electric” Hinds shared on Instagram that Burna Boy, who arrived at the festival with a large entourage, had demanded additional dressing rooms and attempted to displace Steel Pulse to accommodate his team.
“Burna Boy and security crew fully disrespected us @steelpulseofficial, trying to kick us out of our dressing room so he could have 4 dressing rooms for his massive entourage. Selwyn Brown, original member of Steel Pulse, was livid and our team stood our ground and told them to beat it and you can’t do that to people, especially to a band that has paved the way for Reggae Music,” the guitarist noted on a World A Reggae.
“Summerjam why do you have a full security team that think they can come in and b-ully people? Who the hëll does @burnaboy think he is? And because of us refusing to leave, the security team proceeded to build a barricade of a blacked out chain linked fence that split the hallway between our dressing room and his dressing room making it feel like we were in prison or something,” he added.
Electric also declared that Burna and his team’s style and behavior were unbecoming, did not align with the ethos of Reggae, and ought not to be tolerated.
I hope that these Legendary reggae festivals realize that this can’t be apart of the reggae culture. That’s Babylon business. We don’t treat people like that. Please recognize this because Steel Pulse was fully disrespected. Reggae promotes Peace, Love, Unity.. stand up for your rights, we must never give up the fight #reggaemusic
Disrespected a foundation group who were pivotal in the legacy reggae music has today!! @burnaboygram you disrespected the whole genre and culture and @summerjam_festival_official you lot should be ashamed of yourselves to Burna boy is an absolute nobody in comparison the world needs to value impact instead of celebrity.
He has the nerve to copy reggae culture, then turn around and disrespect the legends. Burna Boy Fire fi dat!! You get no respect for that type of behavior, it’s unacceptable.
This is what happen when you try take black music and make it androgynous..Burna Boy should not be sharing a stage with the Legendary Steel Pulse.AfroBeats is not Reggae..bees and flies dont coexist in nature so why is Summerjam mixing honey with sh*t
Burna boy needs to know and respect his place in the society. Steel pulse are to be respected.
Pulse is legendary, Burna is ayouth,go sit in the corner and listen to reggae royalty.
