In a perplexing twist of irony, Burna Boy, a Grammy Award-winning artiste who has reaped immense benefits from the global Afrobeats movement, recently questioned the very essence of the genre. According to the artiste, 90% of Afrobeats is about ‘absolutely nothing’, serving merely as an ostentatious display of an ‘amazing time’, devoid of the complexities that characterise human experience. This bold assertion has generated a storm of discussions, debates, and even disillusionments within the international music community, particularly among those who identify with Afrobeats as more than just a musical genre—but as a cultural identity, a political statement, and a …