Black X came for rapper Burna Boy for sampling singer Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex” in his new track, “City Boy,” after insinuating African Americans don’t have culture.
“Why is it important that the diaspora come home?”
Burna Boy: pic.twitter.com/YUP5W5BYIG
— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) March 17, 2023
Back in March, Burna Boy did an interview where he was asked, “Why is it important that the diaspora come home?”
The Nigerian rapper explained that Chinese and Italian Americans know their “bases” because they know which family members paved the way for them to be in America and have a connection with their native home. He said African Americans were the only ones who didn’t know their roots and weren’t connected to their native home.
Sorry, our ancestors were busy being forced on a ship and into poor and life-threatening conditions to build the so-called “land o’ free.”
“Why is it important that the diaspora come home?”
Burna Boy: pic.twitter.com/YUP5W5BYIG
— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) March 17, 2023
Many felt the “Bank On It” rapper implied African Americans have no culture. So, when the rapper sampled Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex” in his new song, “City Boy,” Black X threw his words back in his face, asking why he’d sample the Chicago-born (African American) singer’s song if African Americans had no culture.
How come his music is AA artist samples and he dress like us but then tell us we have no culture and need to reconnect to Africa?? This doesn’t look very African to me .. I’m confused
— Tyjisoo (@wass3stablish) August 18, 2023
But black peoples domt have culture or know where they come from…. says the man who samples black American music…
— noir bouzen (@chokola1000) August 18, 2023
Burna boy: “Black Americans have no culture”
Burna boy: wears unsanctioned Timb’s, Wu wear, while sampling black American music… https://t.co/L2wqwBR8Wp
— ✺ (@problemochile) August 18, 2023
Crazy how he’s been sampling so much music from a group of people that he claimed had no culture 😭😭😭 in timbs at that….. https://t.co/sQoxsVy3Qy
— 𝕾𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖎🍃 (@Heauxno1currr) August 18, 2023
