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Popcaan Challenges Dancehall Acts: ‘Being At The Top Is Kinda Lonely’
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Popcaan is teasing his new album, Great Is He, while touting himself as the only artist at the top of dancehall, which seemingly is a challenge to other artists in the genre.
The Unruly Boss has no doubt had an amazing year in 2022, with some big hits and some major performances, including one with Burna Boy in Kingston last December. He is looking to continue that momentum into 2023 with his pending album, Great Is He. While Popcaan has yet to reveal a release date, sources told Urban Islandz that fans can expect the project’s arrival sometime this year, possibly before summer.
While fans await the arrival of the highly anticipated project, Popcaan shared a few stills from some of his biggest moments over the Christmas holiday, including his performance with Beres Hammond in St. Ann to ring in the New Year and some candid photos with his girlfriend, Toni-Ann Singh.
“Defeat the struggles cause we never give up, being at the top is kinda lonely, you know ah mean… you know we have to make it by any means,” Poppy wrote. “We been through the worse times, I see us winning, it is like deja vu. God forgive me wash weh all my sins, grimy life is all we know. #GIHE.”
The hashtag #GIHE stands for his pending album, Great Is He. Toni-Ann Singh, Bounty Killer, Gramps Morgan, and more artists cosign the OVO signee’s statement. “I believe that we can fly high #GIHE,” Singh, who is also a big supporter of the Unruly Boss, wrote.
The deejay has already released two singles off the album, including a collaboration with Toni-Ann Singh, “Next To Me.” He also released a single in December titled “Set It.”
Popcaan is clearly setting the tone for the new year with his message. Even if you don’t agree with his statement about being at the top, we can all agree that he is one of the greatest of this generation’s dancehall acts and will go down in history as one of the greats.
Popcaan has consistently been one of the highest streaming artists in dancehall over the past decade. Last year he racked up approximately 270,000,000 views on YouTube globally, making him one of the top streaming Jamaican artists worldwide. He was also ranked in the top 20 most streamed artists in Jamaica, with 31.9 million views on YouTube.
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Burna Boy Apologize After Kicking Fan Climbing Stage At Nigeria Show
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Burna Boy is facing serious heat after a video surfaced of him giving the boot to a fan who tried to climb onto the stage while he performed in Lagos, Nigeria.
Burna Boy’s Love Damini concert was scheduled for Eko Energy City in Lagos, Nigeria, where the Afrobeats artist was to perform around 9 PM. Irate fans on social media explained that the artist arrived more than six (6) hours late to the event, and he became upset at fans who booed him and chided him.
In one instance, fans say that Burna Boy had them waiting in cold weather and then told them that there were some technical issues with the equipment.
“I still love you and we are still here so if you are not going to love me God will punish una,” Burna Boy told fans in a sort of apology to fans who were loudly booing.
There is also a video showing the artist on stage where he spots a fan attempting to get onto the stage, but instead of calling security, the artist proceeds to kick the fan in his face. The artist has not addressed his actions, but it seems that he might have been aggravated by fans attempting to crash the stage. In another video, a woman is hoisted away by two security guards after she runs onto the stage.
Fans online criticized Burna Boy for the way he treated his fan in contrast to how he treats fans in Europe and in North America, where he has been photographed helping up white fans on stage.
“Burna Boy to White People: “My Africans are suffering. Dance to my music, brand me a reformer, and reward me financially. Burna Boy to the suffering Africans: “God punish una,” one concertgoer wrote.
“Imagine what burna boy had to say. Zero apologies. He really thinks the concert was a favor to Nigerians,” another said.
“He only kicks his Nigerian fans,” another said while sharing a photo of Burna Boy helping up a Caucasian fan on stage and hugging him.
Burna Boy and his stage antics, without fail, make news headlines as the artist has no qualms about disrespecting fans that come for him. In a separate incident months ago, the artist was spotted stopping his performance and digging into the pocket of his orange trousers to give a grumpy fan back his money.
In the video, he says, “go go go,” as he appears to hand money to the upset fan. “Escort this person out of this place please,” he says to security behind him.
In a lengthy message posted on his Instagram Story, Burna Boy blames infrastructure for his performance and pledge to invest in bringing world class infrastructure to his home fans. “I apologise to my fans for how hectic it was, thank you for staying and weathering the storm with me,” he wrote. “I commend my band @fromtheoutsiders for making lemonade with the worst lemons we’ve ever seen!”
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