Badara Akon Thiam, African-American record producer, says he
is not finding jokes about the perceived “forthcoming world war 3” funny.
In the wake of the killing of Qasem Suleimani, top Iranian
military commander, by the US, there has been an outburst of jokes on social
media with the hashtag #worldwar3 trending for a couple of days.
Apparently uncomfortable with the trend, the showbiz mogul
took to Twitter to wonder when talks of “war becomes a thing to laugh about”,
most especially when “a lot of lives are at stake on all sides.”
“All these joke memes about WW3 coming isn’t funny. A lot of
lives are at stake on all sides, When did ANY war become comical?” Akon wrote.
The talented singer is among globally acclaimed artistes who appear to be reconnecting with their African roots, having recently announced his move to Senegal after many years of living in the United States.All these joke memes about WW3 coming isn’t funny. A lot of lives are at stake on all sides, When did ANY war become comical?— AKON (@Akon) January 5, 2020
In September, he had used Wizkid,
Davido and P-Square as case study, when stating that contracts don’t exist in
Africa, especially Nigeria.
According to him, “all you need
is just to shake hands for a deal to be struck.”
“I never left music alone, cause,
when I was in Africa, I was building the Afrobeats scene. when I first went out
there in 2008, I signed Wizkid and I was doing lots of consulting for lots of
artistes. I singed Davido, Psquare. Davido was like my little brother.”
He recently got many Nigerians
talking and MI Abaga in trouble after he described Wizkid as “my little bro”.
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