July 15, (THEWILL) – David ‘Electric’ Hinds, the lead singer and guitarist of Steel Pulse, has called out Grammy winning singer, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy for allegedly disrespecting the Grammy award-winning Reggae band, at a German festival. The 2024 Summer Jam Festival was held in Germany from July 5 to 7. The event headliners were Burna Boy and Jamaican artistes such as Skillibeng, Konshens, Busy Signal, Lila Ike, Beenie Man, and Ky-Mani Marley.
Hinds claimed Burna Boy arrived at the event with a large entourage and demanded additional dressing rooms to accommodate his team. He accused the Afrofusion singer of attempting to force him and fellow Steel Pulse members out of their dressing room. Hinds argued that Burna Boy and his crew’s behaviour cannot be a part of Reggae’s culture, which promotes peace, love, and unity. The reggae artiste also criticised the festival organisers for allowing his band to be bullied by Burna Boy’s security team.
“Burna Boy and security crew fully disrespected us at Steel Pulse, trying to kick us out of our dressing room so he could have 4 dressing rooms for his massive entourage,” he wrote.
“Selwyn Brown, original member of Steel Pulse, was livid and our team stood our ground and told them to beat it and you can’t do that to people, especially to a band that has paved the way for Reggae music. Summer Jam why do you have a full security team that think they can come in and bully people? Who the hell does Burna Boy think he is?
“And because of us refusing to leave, the security team proceeded to build a barricade of a blacked-out chain linked fence that split the hallway between our dressing room and his dressing room making it feel like we were in prison or something. I hope that these legendary reggae festivals realize that this can’t be a part of the reggae culture. That’s Babylon business. We don’t treat people like that. Please recognise this because Steel Pulse was fully disrespected. Reggae promotes Peace, Love, Unity.. stand up for your rights, we must never give up the fight.
