Nigerian singer, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has apologised for disrespecting veteran Juju musician, King Sunny Ade, at the Afrozons pre-Grammy party in Lagos State.

A video of the 21-year-old singer showed her shaking hands with 77-year-old King Sunny Ade without going down on her knees at the event held on Friday night.

Ayra Starr was berated by social media users for disrespecting the music icon.

The singer’s gesture was described as uncultured, with one X (formerly Twitter) user, @_AsiwajuLerry, saying: “The fact that Ayra Starr is a Yoruba girl makes this quite disrespectful no matter how you spin it.

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“She must not go on her knees but a simple knee gesture would do. The man even bowed his head out of respect for the person he’s shaking and she was there standing like a shigidi.”

However, Ayra Starr, in a post on her X account on Saturday, apologised to the septuagenarian.

She wrote: “😭😭 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.”

The Star