7 times Burna Boy has gotten into celebrity feuds: From Davido, Wizkid, to DJ Tunez

Burna Boy's talent is undeniable. So, apparently, is his appetite for conflict. Having gone from major scuffles with fellow Afrobeats giants to fights with veteran rappers and socialites, the African Giant has found himself in the middle of some of Nigerian music's most talked-about feuds. Here is a look at seven of them.

The longest-running feud on this list has its roots in 2019, when Burna Boy lost the Grammy for Best World Music Album to Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo. 

His return to social media after a quiet spell was marked by frustration, as he fired back at a Twitter user who suggested Davido and Wizkid had paved his way, insisting no one in the industry had helped him. 

By July 2020, the targets became clearer when Davido announced an album and Burna posted a cryptic black screen: "JULY will be very funny, and I shall laugh accordingly." 

Davido responded by posting a photo with Wizkid captioned "The 2 greatest of all time." 

It became physical in December 2020, when the two allegedly clashed at a nightclub in Ghana, with Burna Boy reportedly charging at Davido after arriving at the same venue. Wizkid was also present but stayed out of it entirely.

While Wizkid and Burna Boy were once cordial, a now-deleted tweet cracked the foundation. 

When a fan claimed Wizkid had the best-selling African album worldwide, Burna Boy responded by reeling off his own achievements, then added that if Wizkid were not his friend, he would "bang him in the face on sight just to shut his Twitter fans up," drawing a direct contrast with Davido. 

Many consider that post the moment their relationship quietly began to unravel, as public appearances together became increasingly rare from that point on.

What began as a close friendship and creative partnership (the two collaborated on multiple tracks) fell apart in 2019 amid xenophobic attacks in South Africa. 

After AKA made comments following Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations victory over South Africa, Burna Boy, already vocal about the xenophobia crisis, directly addressed him in a series of since-deleted tweets telling him to beef up his security and warning him not to cross his path.

AKA demanded a public apology. Burna refused. The two never fully reconciled publicly, though reports suggest AKA had made peace with it before his murder in 2023.

This one escalated unusually fast. Speed Darlington, also known as Akpi, publicly claimed that Burna Boy's Grammy win was connected to his relationship with Diddy, then went further by insulting Burna's mother. 

Burna Boy responded not with tweets but with a police petition, leading to Darlington's arrest for defamation. 

After his release, Darlington kept the content going, releasing a diss track titled "Baby Oil", a nod to the baby oil found during raids on Diddy's properties, and the situation became one of 2024's strangest industry sagas.

After Eedris publicly called it "stupid talk" for Burna Boy to claim nobody helped him in Nigeria, Burna fired back by referencing Eedris's kidney transplant and the public fundraiser that had paid for it, a move widely condemned as a low blow. 

Eedris accused him of trivialising his health struggles. The exchange exposed a generational divide in Nigerian music about who owes what to whom.

Burna Boy opened 2025 by calling Cubana Chiefpriest the "Owerri Rick Ross" and labelling him an "Azaman", slang for a fraudster. 

Cubana hit back by alleging Burna owed money to London jewellers and for a Ferrari, and suggested his Grammy had Diddy's fingerprints on it. 

Burna dismissed the claims and threatened legal action. Cubana framed the whole thing as jealousy stemming from his loyalty to Davido.

The most recent, and the first to turn physically violent in public. 

According to a source in Burna Boy's camp, the confrontation began after DJ Tunez accompanied D'banj to Burna Boy's VIP section at Obi's House in Lagos, where an argument quickly escalated into a scuffle. 

The tension had been quietly building. Tunez had previously mocked Burna's coffee PR stunt on X, and his close association with Wizkid placed him firmly in the opposing camp. 

After videos went viral, Tunez confirmed the fight on X, claiming he was hit from behind and outnumbered ten to one. The Nigerian DJ Association responded by banning Burna Boy's music nationwide.

Seven feuds. One common thread: Burna Boy. It's not very hard to decipher who the problem might be. 

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