Burna Boy Hits Back At Tweep Who Asked Him to 'Help His Community' Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

By Cheloti Joshua

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Every musician in this generation has a presence on social media, be it Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and name them.

The musicians use these social media platforms to engage with their fans and followers, responding to their questions as well as popularizing their work.

Now, not everybody who follows a musician or someone on social media will have nice words for them, at least not all the time.

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy pumped into one such follower on Twitter on Tuesday.

The ‘Like to Party’ hitmaker had just tweeted, probably alerting his followers that he was about to go live, but then one tweep thought the singer should be doing something better, especially now that the world in fighting the Coronavirus.

“We don't need you live here to go back to your community and do something meaningful to them during this hard time of coronavirus,” a Twitter user identified as bello adekola responded to Burna Boy’s tweet.

He had tweeted: “Yes I’m bored. And I have excess time now. Trust me.” Followed by another tweet; “I go live in 10 mins.”

Burna Boy who recently released a hit song dubbed ‘Odugwu’ did not take the tweep lightly and hit back noting that it’s the work of the government to help its people and not his, as he is merely a musician who can only do his best.

“Even though I do my best for as many as I can (and I urge everyone who can to do the same), the fact that I do it does not mean it’s my job, That is the Government’s Job, not mine. So don’t come here to advise me, advise your government and see if they answer you,” he tweeted in reply.

 

With the Coronavirus pandemic hitting hard the world, the music industry has also been affected especially after the majority of government banned social gatherings.

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This led to the cancelation of hundreds of concerts and tours across the country.
Most musicians are now indoors and have been treating their fans to live streamings on the social media pages.

Some have even gone the extra mile to compose and release songs that seek to sensitize members of the public on measures to take so as to limit the spread of the highly infectious virus.

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