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Burna Boy Announces Intimate Birmingham Show With Mixed Reactions From Followers
The Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy, is throwing the heat on the stage for a very special intimate show in Birmingham on 15 July. The...
One user joked, “Which one be Intimate boss, they wanna sleep with me?” while just one more dismissed them with, “Oga we no send you go buy maclaren, last chance ke, you dey threaten us.” One would need a whole comedy show to translate Nigerian Pidgin insults! A few other fans took their chance to contribute with sweeping requests ranging from “Bless me with 2m” to elaborate accounts of their family struggles, while one comment erupted with crying emojis and the hashtag#NOSIGNOFWEAKNESS pleading for mercy from “ODG” (Odogwu, literally meaning “The Great One,” a nickname for Burna). The ruckus has ushered in a few earnest conversations, with one pledged, “Everywhere will be shaking when the Album drops.” The divide in the reactions is precisely where Burna Boy sits on, simultaneously honored as Africa’s global superstar and yet casually overlooked (occasionally for comic effect) by a section of local fans who treat him like the troublesome uncle.
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