“They pick one crisis in one country and they paint the whole of Africa": Fuse ODG, the rapper behind Band Aid’s 40th anniversary controversy, releases his own We Know It's Christmas clapback track

Fuse ODG.

After turning Ed Sheeran’s head and playing a part changing his perception of the Band Aid charity’s effectiveness and legacy, his rap partner on Boa Me, Fuse ODG has created his own ‘Band Aid’ answer record. The track titled We Know It’s Christmas (Band Aid Reply) – should there be any confusion as to its message – is out to stream now, and is a mild retort to 1984’s Band Aid Do They Know It’s Christmas.

The new track features lyrics spelling out as to where credit really lies, and attributes the African continent’s progress and successes of the last 40 years to its own indigenous population and leaders. It also highlights the events of March 1957 when Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah declared the country free from British Colonial rule.