The Afrofusion artist Burna Boy has given honours to the influential figures in music who helped shape his career.
In a recent Instagram live, Burna Boy listed some of the musicians he admires in the business, including Timaya, D’banj, Wande Coal, Larry Gaaga, and 2Baba.
Timaya, according to the Grammy winner, is “my number one OG who showed me brotherly love.” He also talked about his 2012 encounter with Timaya and the guidance he gave him.
The “Last Last” hitmaker complimented 2Baba on his “musicality” and disclosed that D’banj paid for the “Won Da Mo” graphics in 2013.
The 32-year-old musician also praised Wande Coal and Larry Gaaga for “standing by me in my dark times.”
“The only OGs I can say, wey be say did some sh*ts that were impactful for me, number one Timaya. Because that is the nigga that always showed me like this guy you be…,” he said.
“Bro I went to Timaya’s house in 2013 or 2012, I saw all the cars and I was like ‘bro, how long does someone have to sing before he can get all these and build a house?’ And he said, ‘Do you know how many cars you will have?’ So that’s the ni**a that you can say that I am going to have to respect for the rest of my life.
“There are ni**as like D’banj. D’banj actually paid for ‘Won Da Mo’ video. He did not have to. These are two ni**as that I really do not play with.
“Not that ni**as do not have respect, ni**as have just been through a lot that we do not even remember people we saw in the dark times.
“People like Larry Gaaga. He stood by me back then. So these are people I will respect for the rest of my life.
“When you’re talking about OGs, as far as I’m concerned, those names are the only ones in addition to 2Face based on musicality and the fact that he did a feature with me when he didn’t have to back in the day. These are OGs to me. Any other person isn’t an OG to me. ID Cabasa, you can meet Olamide and you can be an OG to him [laughs]. We’ve all been through stuff differently and we all see life differently.
“I can’t forget Wande Coal, too. At a point in time, we were so close.”
