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Burna Boy Seemingly Shades Jack Harlow Over VMA Win
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Burna Boy Appears to Diss Jack Harlow over his VMA Victory
Burna Boy took to TikTok to express his feelings about Jack Harlow winning “Song of the Summer” at this year’s VMAs.
Both spectators and performers were shocked by Jack Harlow’s spectacular performance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
After receiving four moon men and winning the fan-favourite Song of the Summer Award over Beyonce and BTS, viewers took to social media to express their feelings.
“A white man winning over Beyonce, BTS and Doja, VMAs be serious,” one fan wrote.
The displeasure over Harlow’s victories did not just come from the audience. The “First Class” rapper’s industry peers appear to feel slighted by his winning streak on Sunday.
Burna Boy, who usually stays out of media drama, took to TikTok to share a video of people at the 2022 Notting Hill carnival singing his hit song “Last Last,” at the top of their lungs.
Aside from the touching video, it was the Nigerian singer’s caption that made fans assume he was shading Harlow.
“Wow so many heartbroken people #LastLast #Songofthesummer,” he wrote, while the statement on the video read, “When #MTV Says Jack Harlow Had The Song of the Summer [yawn emoji].”
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“Last Last” is Burna Boy’s first song to make the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo or lead artist. It’s also his highest charting song, sitting at number one on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart for the eighth week.
The vibrant track, which sample’s Toni Braxton’s 2000 hit “He Wasn’t Man Enough” now holds the record of being the longest-running number one song in US Afrobeats chart history. Fans seem to side with Burna Boy’s views.