BNXN Fires Back at Fat Joe Over Old Stage
April 23, 2026
Fat Joe claimed on the 'Joe and Jada' podcast that his TV diss forced Nigerian artist BNXN, formerly Buju, to rebrand to BNXN in 2022 to avoid confusion with Jamaican legend Buju Banton. BNXN hit back in a deleted post, slamming Fat Joe's 'hate' and misinformation, including the disputed idea that Jamaica started Afrobeats, before reflecting on keeping his humanity amid the rage. Fans and artists like Olamide and Odumodublvck rallied behind BNXN, pointing out hypocrisies, while his team had long cited streaming issues as the real reason for the switch—no reply yet from Fat Joe or Buju Banton.