Key Takeaways
- Nigerian music stars Davido and Burna Boy have reportedly settled their long-running beef after a private meeting at Club OX in Lagos.
- Burna Boy previously wrote on his Instagram Stories: “FYI, I have no issues with Davido, we’re good now,” ending a feud that started in 2020.
- The beef included subliminal disses in songs like FEM, Way Too Big, and Real Life with Stormzy, plus the infamous Ghana club incident in 2020.
Afrobeats just got its biggest peace deal.
Burna Boy and Davido have reportedly settled their beef — and Nigerian X is in love.
According to cutieJuls and multiple entertainment blogs, the two superstars met privately at Club OX in Lagos and decided to end years of cold war. The news was first broken with a video clip showing the duo hugging it out, similar to when Wizkid and Davido ended their own long feud earlier this year with Olamide in the studio.
Burna Boy & Davido have reportedly settled their beef 😍 pic.twitter.com/s7Y2VqIq17
— OLAMIDE 🌸💖 (@Olamide0fficial) October 23, 2026
For context, this beef is one of the most documented in Afrobeats history. It started boiling in 2020. Davido dropped “FEM” — which many interpreted as a direct shot saying “shut up” to Burna Boy. Burna Boy responded on “Way Too Big” and “Real Life” featuring Stormzy. Then came the infamous Ghana club incident in December 2020 where both camps reportedly clashed at Twist Nightclub in Accra. Since then, it has been subliminals, cryptic Instagram stories, fan wars between 30BG and Outsiders, and interviews where both pretended the other didn’t exist.
But in December 2021, Burna Boy first attempted peace when he wrote on his Instagram Stories: “FYI, I have no issues with Davido.” He repeated it again in 2023. Davido also hinted at resolving issues during an interview on Hot 97FM Morning Show in New York in April 2023, saying he wanted peace.
Wizkid even weighed in at some point, saying he wants to see Burna Boy and Davido win — a sign that the Big 3 (Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy) were tired of division.
Why does this matter now? Because 2026 has been a massive year for Afrobeats. As National Daily noted, Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Asake have all been fighting for biggest 2026. Davido dropped his 5th album “5ive” and sold out Madison Square Garden, Burna Boy built a N250 million school in Rivers State with VDM supervising (the project we covered yesterday that cost over N250m), Wizkid has been on a global tour, and Asake entered 2026 with momentum. For the industry, unity means bigger money, bigger tours, and less toxic fan wars.
Reactions on X are pure joy. One comment summary from Pulse Nigeria: fans are saying “Afrobeats to the world when Big 3 unite.” Others are saying: “Finally, we can have a Burna x Davido collaboration.” On CEOAfrica and PMNews, which reported the original settlement in 2021, comments were: “Nigerian music will grow if they support each other.”
Davido and Burna boy actually love each other well😂😂👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/N4C71GEynk
— SKB (@seyikanbai) October 23, 2026
There’s also a business angle. Both Burna Boy and Davido are now global brands with Grammy win and multiple nominations, endorsement deals worth millions of dollars, and international labels watching. A feud hurts bookings — promoters don’t want to risk booking both in same festival if fans will fight. Settlement means potential joint tour, joint song, and for Nigeria, a stronger front at the Grammys.
Linking to earlier scenarios — remember when we covered the Francis Duru death earlier this morning,and how Nigerians said “we are all walking corpses”? That story was about mortality and how life is short. This Burna Boy & Davido settlement fits the same theme: life is too short for beef. In the same week we mourn a Nollywood legend, we celebrate two music legends making peace.
And for the fans: For years, you had to pick a side — are you 30BG or Outsiders? Are you Davido or Burna Boy? Now you can be both. The private meeting at Club OX was reportedly very cordial, no entourage drama, just two men who grew up from Port Harcourt and Ede to become global stars, agreeing that the beef no longer serves them.
What’s next? Insiders say a collaboration is already in the works — possibly a track produced by P.Priime or Blaisebeatz. Neither artist has officially posted together yet, but sources say they have exchanged numbers.
If this is true, 2026 might end with the biggest Afrobeats song of the decade — Burna Boy x Davido x Wizkid on one track. Imagine that.
For now, the message from Burna Boy stands: “I have no issues with Davido, we’re good now.” And Davido’s camp is reportedly saying the same.
Afrobeats to the world, together.
Mary K. is a Staff Writer at XTrend.ng covering metro, lifestyle and human-interest stories. She brings trending voices from the streets to the screen — with clear, relatable reporting that connects.
