Nigerian singer and songwriter Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, says he is not happy about the current state of the Nigerian music industry.

The 24-year-old singer expressed his grievances in a recent interview; stating how politics has taken deep root in the industry.

According to him, he feels like not being part of the industry because he doesn’t receive any endorsement or awards.

“It’s political, man. To be honest I don’t really feel like I’m a part of the industry. I don’t get awards because the powers that be don’t really like me. I’m not like everyone else, I won’t do what everyone else does. They don’t like it. Everything is really political and I’m not a very good politician. So I don’t really involve myself in all that. I just drop hit songs, and my fanbase keeps increasing.

“If you think about it, if I was a part of the industry then I wouldn’t have sh*t today. I would just be one of the songs you hear in the club and then that’s it. But right now, you see, I don’t have the most Twitter followers or the most Instagram numbers or whatever, but the things that I do, the people with one million followers can’t do it. Right now in Nigeria I’m doing shows with 5,000 to 7,000 people almost every weekend. Who does that in Nigeria? How many people can say that? And everyone is singing my songs word-for-word,” he said.

The “Like To Party” hitmaker said he takes inspirations from Fela Kuti, Super Cat, Ninja Man and Buju Banton.