By G9ija
This year, Coachella’s line up features two Nigerian acts – Burna Boy and Mr Eazi.
On January 3, 2019, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival released its lineup.
Headlining the popular annual event, held in Indio, California, are Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande.
Joining them in April for the first time are Nigerian music stars Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy and Tosin Ajibade, better known as Mr Eazi.
Reacting to the announcement, the ‘Ye’ singer appreciated the organisers of the international event for the recognition and also revealed his displeasure with the size of his name on the bill.
Ranting via his Instagram handle in a post that has since been deleted, he described himself as an “AFRICAN GIANT”, and called on them to “fix things quick”.
“@coachella I really appreciate you. But I don’t appreciate the way my name is written so small in your bill. I am an AFRICAN GIANT and will not be reduced to whatever that tiny writing means. Fix things quick please,” Burna Boy wrote on his Instagram Story.
His post has made him the number one trend in Lagos state with over 21.4k tweets.
Following his reaction, Burna Boy has been compared to fellow Nigerian artist, Mr Eazi as well as five other international Coachella artists who all have the same font size on the bill.
Here Is How He Fared On Spotify:
Burna Boy – 893, 409 monthly listeners
Mr Eazi - 2, 684, 405
Dermot Kennedy - 3,459, 997
Clairo - 2,342,422
Sabrina Claudio - 2,334,979
Jon Hopkins - 1,666,478
Lizzo - 1,021,479
With the diagram above, do you still think Burna Boy is worthy to be called an ‘African Giant’?
Source Daily Advent Nigeria