Veteran Nollywood actor and ex-husband of actress Ireti Doyle, Patrick Doyle knocks singer Burna Boy off his high horse for disrespecting his musical predecessor.

The actor took to his facebook page to slam the singer, stating that he was undeserving of the attention his getting, he also noted that Burna Boy on his own hasn’t done anything notable, but has been enjoying benefits from his predecessors.

“The credit for the feats that appear to be puffing the likes of Burna Boy up have to be properly ascribed to the greats who cleared the thorny paths that have created pathways for his likes to walk through practically effortlessly.”

He also named musical heroes like Fela Anikulapo, Majek Fashek, and King Sunny Ade among other great singers, and emphasizes that Burna Boy and other Afrobeat singers of today have to respect them for paving the way for them.

Patrick Doyle stated that people should stop giving the singer too much credit to avoid him from becoming arrogant and obnoxious monster.

In his words, “Burna Boy has not by himself done anything that can be remotely described as great. He and his peers are recipients of the labours of heroes past. They need to be humble and respectful of their diligent and truly pioneering predecessors. Great artistes like SunnyAde, Fela Anikulapo, Majek Fashek, I, k. Dairo and a galaxy of others who paved the way from the 60s, to the 2000s. Greatness and great feats don’t exist in a vacuum. Let us not contribute to the creation of an arrogant and obnoxious monster.”

This statement is a reaction to Burna Boy asserting that the Afrobeat music genre has no substance, in a recent interview.