I don’t use songwriters – Burna Boy replies Davido’s signee Logos Olori

In a recent interview with City 105.fm, Logos Olori said that songwriters are used by major singers such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido, in addition to his employer.

He uttered:

“Most people that shame artists for using songwriters don’t know much about the music business. As a musician you tend to write your songs most times when you are up-and-coming. When you’ve 10 shows in a week in different countries, you’ll understand that you need a songwriter. 

“Chris Brown has a songwriter, Michael Jackson had a songwriter. Davido is currently on tour immediately after his wedding. He writes his songs sometimes but most times he has to do the business part of it. That’s how Burna Boy is, that’s how most artists are even Wizkid but they don’t just put it out there but if you go to Spotify to check for the credits of their songs, you will see that they use songwriters as well.”

Reacting via his X handle, Burna Boy stated that he does not use songwriters, highlighting that because of western music policies, the people listed as songwriters on his songs are actually the producers.

He wrote: “Any name you see credited on my songs are only producers of the songs or featured artists not writers. But for some reason the western world considers producers as writers of the instrumentals and they just throw their names on there as writers. Nobody fit write for Odogwu.”