Burna Boy has always been a fan of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Or maybe it is better to say that he is more like family since his grandfather, Benson Idonije was once Fela’s manager. Burna Boy is not only a regular at the shrine; in recent times, his music has incorporated elements of Fela’s kind of music, and his latest song, Dangote is not different.

But if the instrumentals and some lines in Dangote remind you of Fela, that is all the similarity you are going to get. It is almost certain that anyone who had listened to the audio before watching its video might have had a consistent question niggling at the back of their heads along the lines of “is Burna Boy trying to justify crime?”

When the video of Dangote starts, you would almost expect that Burna Boy was going to prove the importance of having a job and regular inflow of funds which was why he had titled his song Dangote and why the following text appeared on the screen.

The richest man in Africa still goes to work every morning.
Employment and job creation should be priority for any government.
The National Bureau of Statistics puts the estimated number of unemployed Nigerians at 23.1%

It is, therefore, a bit confusing when various scenes of obviously poor people committing crime for money pop up. Maybe Burna Boy was trying to show what unemployment and poverty can push people to do, but the lyrics and the video seem to be more of a justification than a critique.

Usually, after crimes are committed and the perpetrators caught, once they are done blaming the devil, the next victim to appear on the blame dock is the country. To be fair, the life of the average Nigerian is very hard, statistics or no and it is very easy to want a respite from all the suffering. But does poverty justify crime in any way?
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Lamentation 1vs1

Sincerely I didn't notice that in the video. What I get from the song is what you earlier stated: the need to work hard and increase your revenue Avenue.

No need furthering this course, it does no good.

But it is a valid criticism I must say.