{"id":25170,"date":"2024-03-28T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=25170"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:17:50","slug":"burna-boy-condemns-american-blogs-for-sharing-outdated-beardless-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/03\/28\/burna-boy-condemns-american-blogs-for-sharing-outdated-beardless-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Burna Boy Condemns American Blogs for Sharing Outdated Beardless Images."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian artist Burna Boy has refuted recent claims suggesting he shaved his beard, clarifying that the circulated images are from 2021, not the present.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his frustration on his Instastory, Burna Boy addressed the misinformation spread by various blogs and social media platforms. He emphasized that while such trivial matters garner attention, his significant achievements often go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25171 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/I-shaved-it-on-2021-not-now-Burna-Boy-reacts-to-viral-photo-of-his-shaved-beards-Kemi-Filani-blog-min-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/I-shaved-it-on-2021-not-now-Burna-Boy-reacts-to-viral-photo-of-his-shaved-beards-Kemi-Filani-blog-min-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/I-shaved-it-on-2021-not-now-Burna-Boy-reacts-to-viral-photo-of-his-shaved-beards-Kemi-Filani-blog-min.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a scathing remark, Burna Boy criticized the media&#8217;s focus on trivialities rather than recognizing his groundbreaking accomplishments. He highlighted the disparity in coverage, lamenting the preference for sensationalism over substantive news.<\/p>\n<p>The artist&#8217;s statement sparked reactions across social media platforms, with users expressing support and amusement. Some echoed Burna Boy&#8217;s sentiments, while others shared light-hearted comments about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The incident also sparked discussions on Twitter (now X), with users weighing in on Burna Boy&#8217;s response. Despite the controversy, Burna Boy&#8217;s message garnered attention and sparked conversations about media coverage and celebrity culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25173\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian artist Burna Boy has refuted recent claims suggesting he shaved his beard, clarifying that the circulated images are from 2021, not the present. Expressing his frustration on his Instastory, Burna Boy addressed the misinformation spread by various blogs and social media platforms. He emphasized that while such trivial matters garner attention, his significant achievements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25187,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25170\/revisions\/25187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}