Cubana Chief Priest trades insults with Burna Boy over undisclosed misunderstanding

Burna Boy, the Afrofusion singer, and Cubana Chief Priest, the Nigerian socialite, have engaged in a heated war of words on social media.

The drama started on Saturday when Burna took to Instagram to diss the socialite while describing him as a low-budget Rick Ross.

“No forget say u be Azaman o. And dem don gbe your plug wey him name na Omo Igbo for ATL. And na u be next. #OwerriRickyrozay,” he wrote in Pidgin English.

Responding via a series of posts, Cubana Chief Priest said Burna Boy was dissing him out of jealousy over his success.

He also claimed the singer winning a Grammy is linked to having a relationship with the embattled rapper Diddy.

“It’s so clear because how is it even possible that someone who brags to be so rich go dey live in so much pain? Wetin dey pain you? Shebi na you be African princess,” he wrote.

“Only you rush bend down collect Grammy only you still dey cry. Oil full your Grammy we know how painful it was that’s why you want everybody to feel the pain with you. You really suffer I understand you.”

In another post, the socialite recounted how he paid Burna N1 million to perform as a backup artiste for his birthday celebration in 2018.

He went further to describe Burna Boy as “beggi beggi”, meaning a beggar in local parlance.

Cubana claimed that he had been making money long before Burna Boy’s rise to fame, urging him to remain humble.

“Owerri Rick Ross. What a blessing! See where Dem dey rate me put. Me & Rosay #CpNosmall 2018. Na 1m Naira I pay you to perform as backup artiste for my birthday,” he wrote in pidgin English.

“I get pictures & videos where you dey perform for me. I go lie for you. We don dey chop this money before you meet us for queue be humble. Small boy.”

The cause of the rift between the two public figures is yet to be known.