Burna Boy’s mother and manager, Bose Ogulu, has disclosed that she learnt responsible management from Fela Kuti while growing up.
Ogulu revealed this during a recent interview, in which she explained that a strong management team is paramount for an artist’s success.
According to her, at a young age, she understood that Fela’s manager, Benson Idonije, who is her father, had more responsibilities than the artist.
She further laid emphasis on the importance of proper management for an artist.
Ogulu said, “A manager is more responsible than the artist.
“You need to have responsible management that you respect for you to do well.”
The interviewer further asked, ” You grew up around Fela, did that have any influence on the woman you have become, What was it like being around them?
Bose responded, saying, “I think I spent a very short time around them, I was a baby, but I was old enough to realise that a manager was more responsible than the artist and his responsibility. The owner of the band paid the manager, not the artist. I saw them never go to Fela for anything; they went to my father.
“For anything, that’s the only thing that remained helpful in what I am doing today, where it’s kind of in my mind that you need to have responsible management that you respect for you to do well, because I saw that firsthand as a little child.
“It made it very clear to me, and not just with the artists I manage, but I see an artist, and I understand immediately what their strengths are and their weaknesses are, and I hope that they can have management that can buffer that, you know, and it always makes them more successful, and it helps tremendously in what I’m doing.”
