HE has been described as the new Shabba Ranks, but Nigeria's dancehall and afro-pop superstar Burna Boy hates his Jamaican counterpart.
In an interview with the Word Is, the Yawa Dey hit maker said that his music might have been mentored by the "old school" type of dancehall, but he never got any inspiration from Shabba Ranks.
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