Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has blasted new school artists, BNXN and Ruger, saying they do not know how to sing.
In a trending video, the singer is seen lambasting his colleagues about the manner in which they sing their songs. According to him, the duo mostly sings inaudible lyrics, and their songs are majorly about women.
Alternatively, he advised them to sing about other things, or better still praise God.
Portable’s rant comes days after Ruger and BNXN were at loggerheads, after the former accused BNXN, Wizkid, Asake, and others of using streaming farms to boost his songs on charts.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that BNXN, whose real name is Daniel Benson, formerly known as Buju,is a Nigerian Afro-fusion singer, songwriter and record producer.
He hails from Akwa Ibom state. He was previously signed to Burna Boy’s Spaceship Records, He grew up in Gbagada with his family, relocating to Ogun State.
BNXN released the extended play project Sorry I’m Late on 27 October 2021, under the management of T.Y.E/EMPIRE. It featured guest appearances from Nigerian Highlife music duo, The Cavemen, and production from Steph, Perlz, Denzl, Timi Jay and Rexxie. It was mixed and mastered by Vtek and Poppil.
He performed his first show in London on 30 November, marking the beginning of his Sorry I’m Late tour. On 22 December 2021, BNXN headlined his first sold-out concert, which was also his debut concert in Lagos. held at Balmoral Convection centre, Lagos.
In 2022, he officially changed his name to BNXN to avoid confusion for being mistaken with Buju Banton and having more unique branding. In March 2022, he collaborated with Pheelz on the single “Finesse”; the song peaked at number 52 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart.
In July 2022, he featured on the Jae5 song “Propeller” alongside British rapper Dave. The song became Bnxn’s first Top 40 single in the United Kingdom, entering the chart at number 38.
On 4 September 2022, BNXN won The Headies 2022 Next Rated award which was held on Sunday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Ruger, whose real name is Michael Adebayo Olayinka, is a Nigerian Afrobeat singer and songwriter. Ruger came into lime-light 2021 after he signed a record deal with D’Prince “Jonzing world record” with a publishing and distribution deal with Columbia Records, and Sony Music Entertainment, U.K division.
Watch the video below:
Portable has a message for Ruger and Buju💀 pic.twitter.com/x1mAX6yKMY
— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) December 1, 2022