Akon described Burna Boy as a beast, Wizkid as a born superstar, Davido as an underdog, and added that Mr Eazi is more of a businessman than a singer
By Kehinde Okeowo
Senegalese-American singer, Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam better known as Akon has sent tongues wagging on social media after rating three Nigerian music superstars.
In what is now a trending conversation on the microblogging platform, Twitter, the Konvict Muzik founder spoke on the massive movement and growth of the Afrobeats genre over time during an interview with Sway Universe’s Sway Calloway and friends.
Sharing his thoughts on three of Africa’s biggest and most influential Afrobeats acts, Akon described Burna Boy as a beast.
According to Akon, the ‘Last Last’ crooner, Burna Boy, is a beast who is killing it right now. He also said he is currently loving his song at the moment.
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Describing Wizkid, Akon said the Grammy Awards winner is a born superstar, without doubt, adding that he makes good music effortlessly.
He went on to say the ‘Essence’ crooner releases an album only once a year but the song ends up trending for a whole year.
“Wizkid is just a superstar. He’s one of those guys that put out one record a year and that record lasts the whole year. Like he’s just a born star without a doubt,” he stressed.
Speaking about Davido, Akon referred to the DMW boss as a very hardworking artiste noting that Davido was seen as an underdog compared to Wizkid, still, he managed to break into the music industry and keeps dishing out music accompanied with video week in, week out.
He went on to describe Mr Eazi as more of a businessman than an artiste.
“Burna Boy is a beast. Wizkid is just a superstar. Davido is the hardest working artiste because he was the underdog. Mr Eazi is intelligent, he is more of a businessman to me than an artiste.” Akon concluded.