Burna Boy will not be performing at the “Africans Unite” concert in South Africa because the show has been cancelled. The show was initially scheduled to take place on 23rd and 24th November 2019.
This comes a week after some artistes in South Africa, under the name Tshwane Entertainment Collective, protested Burna Boy performing at the show.
According to South Africa’s media house, Timeslive, the organisers decided to cancel the show. Mainly because of the outrage it had created.
It also reports that the organisers of the show had talked with Burna’s management. Both parties decided to withdraw him from the concert and cancel the show.
“The decision to cancel the Africans Unite Concert comes after the call from the Tshwane Entertainment Collective to boycott the Africans Unite concert in Tshwane. With the increasing threats of violence from other unfortunate segments of the public and without any government intervention, Phambili Media and Play Network Africa were prompted to take the threats and warnings seriously, as the safety of all artists and attendees could not be guaranteed. We then decided to cancel the concert. The safety of all attendees, artists, and crew comes first,” the statement reads.
AKA took to his Twitter page on Wednesday, 13th November 2019, where he posted a series of tweets. In his tweet, he demanded that Burna Boy apologise for his statements during the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
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On Tuesday night, 3rd September 2019, Burna Boy took to his Twitter account, to air his views about the raging xenophobic attacks.
In one of his several tweets, Burna Boy threatened to deal with the South African rapper when next their paths crossed.
He wrote,
“And @akaworldwide I knew you were retarded but I didn’t know it had gotten this bad. Next time I see you you better have a big security bro, On Gambos Grave ur gonna need it.”
It is a pity that both artistes could not bury the hatchet and let peace reign for the purpose of the concert. The event would have brought a semblance of unison after the xenophobic attack.