Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr has apologized to music icon King Sunny Ade for allegedly “disrespecting” him at the Afrozons-Heineken Pre-Grammy party in Lagos.
In the viral video, the 21-year-old was seen greeting Burna Boy’s mother, Bose Ogulu and shaking hands with Sunny Ade, an act which many considered “disrespectful and inappropriate.”
This stirred a lot of reactions as some Nigerians dragged her on social media for an act they considered to be disrespectful.
Arya Starr reacting to the incident took to her X page on Saturday to apologize for her actions, stating that she never be disrespectful.
“I’m so sorry, I had just walked in and all the lights and nerves didn’t let me see but i came back around to greet everyone properly, I have never been that girl to be disrespectful, I’m a proper Yoruba girlllll and the video didn’t start until after I’d greeted burna’s mom! I’m very sorry to the legend, uncle and King Sunny Ade, ” she wrote.
