Burna Boy, a Grammy-winning Nigerian artist, has denied using songwriters, as claimed by Davido’s signee, Logos Olori.
Logos Olori claimed in a recent interview with City 105. Fm that not just his employer Davido, but also Wizkid, Burna Boy, and other major musicians hire songwriters.
He said: “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.”
Burna Boy responded via his X handle, claiming that he does not use songwriters, pointing out that individuals listed as songwriters on his songs are actually producers due to Western music policies.
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.”
This contradicts Burna Boy’s public statement a few years ago that Davido’s signee, Peruzzi, wrote a song for him.
He previously stated that Peruzzi was the only songwriter he had ever utilized.
