Nigerian media gave Burna Boy credits for records I set – Seun Kuti

He mentioned that, despite Kuti's (2012) appearance at the festival, Burna Boy was reportedly the first performer to perform at Coachella in 2020.

He also highlighted that Burna Boy's older brother Femi Kuti had received many nominations in the category prior to Burna Boy receiving his first Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album with African Giant.

In a recent interview with The Public Republic, Kuti bemoaned the fact that, despite his record "Black Times" having received a nomination for Best World Music record years prior, no African award organization had given it any thought.

The controversial singer claimed that the media failed to acknowledge him as one of the Nigerian artists nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards, even though he received another Grammy nomination for his work on Janelle Monae's "Age of Pleasure," which was nominated in the 2024 Grammy Awards' Album of the Year category.

“My brother [Femi Kuti] has been nominated at the Grammys multiple times. They’ve nominated me, I was also nominated in the last edition. It was only my name that they [Nigerian media] didn’t mention among the Nigerian artists who were nominated for the 66th Grammys. That’s what they do every time as if I’m from Togo.

“That’s how they said Burna boy was the first Nigerian artiste to play in Coachella in 2020 where me I’ve played in 2012 as if I’m from Togo,” he cried out.