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Damini Ogulu, the Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, famously known as Burna Boy, has explained that he is not bothered by being labeled a ‘new cat’ in the music industry.

He said he is not bothered by the misconception that he is new in the music industry despite releasing his debut album a decade ago.

Recall that Davido last month sparked a debate after classing Burna Boy under “new cats” alongside Rema, Asake, Fireboy DML etc.

Many berated the DMW head honcho for underrating Burna Boy.

However, in a recent chat with Apple Music’s Ebro, Burna Boy said it is a good thing some people think he is new in the industry, stressing that it makes him feel younger and want to do more.

He said, “It is a good thing that people think my movement is new. I love that. Because it keeps me young. It means like, I can do so much more, you know. It stretches my life span.

“I’m living longer than I thought I would than I even planned to, you know.”

Burna Boy finally responds to being called a "new cat".pic.twitter.com/UCekcd8f9F

— Dami’ Adenuga (@DAMIADENUGA) July 19, 2023

The ‘Last Last’ crooner said he has always known that he would be great.

Burna Boy added that he does all kinds of music because he is “trying to make the world understand that music is bigger than a genre. I feel blessed that I can do different genres. It would have been a waste if I had restricted myself to a genre.”

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer,  Burna Boy has reacted after PR exec, Paul Okoye placed a 5 million bounty he placed on his fan, who wished Davido death.

TORI recalls that Okoye had announced a bounty of N5m to be given to anybody who could give the location of Winco, a music influencer who is a Burna Boy fan.

The music influencer had reportedly wished death on Davido in a post he made, adding that the singer could not pull the kind of crowd Burna Boy did in the Netherlands recently.

Reacting, Burna Boy, on Thursday morning, took to his Instagram story, shared laughing emojis, and wrote, “5 million Naira”.

Superstar Nigerian artiste, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has received backlash on social media for cancelling his headline show billed for Saturday night at the GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands after the stadium was already filled with fans.

Fans reportedly filled the 41,000-capacity-seater waiting for hours for the Grammy winner to thrill them before they received the rude news of the late cancellation of the show.

Burna Boy took to his Instastory midnight to announce that the show won’t be holding despite fans already filling the venue.

The music star said he was anticipating performing for his Dutch fans but unfortunately, it couldn’t happen due to “a number of reasons.”

He said his “amazing team has been hard at work trying to salvage it but we couldn’t do it in time.”

He promised to announce a new date soon.

However, Burna Boy’s explanation didn’t seem to sit well with fans as they took to social media to berate the singer and his team over their action.

An aggrieved fan wrote: “Useless. Got us waiting for more than two hours, to cancel the show at midnight. Rubbish.”

Another fan wrote: “Burna isn’t supposed to be a celeb, doesn’t have what it takes. So unwise in handling fans, canceling shows after much delay. That’s disrespectful! More unwise are fans who idolize him, turn up every time. Y’all create an association to deal with any celeb that messes up. So unwise.”