At last Sunday’s Grammy Awards, Burna Boy picked up Best World Music Album with his fifth studio album ‘Twice as Tall’. The awarded gramophone is emblematic of his decade-long career alignment: African Giant. At 29, Burna’s music career has accommodated tremendous applause, both locally and internationally, making him one of the biggest acts Africa holds in high esteem. Scrolling through …

Only the best of music gets noticed at the Grammys. At last night’s Premiere Ceremony, the preceding event before the main Grammy night, Africa’s biggest stars Burna Boy and Wizkid won their first Grammy awards. Burna won the Best World Music Album with ‘Twice as Tall’, making him the very first Nigerian artist ever, to win the international trophy with …

A non-debatable aspect about Burna Boy’s flagging career is his driving speed for global domination. With two Grammy nominations under his belt, Burna Boy’s song ‘Destiny’ has been added to the official playlist for the inauguration of President elect Joe Biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris. ‘Destiny’ will play alongside a host of other songs from Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, …

Before all of the angry tweets and social media rants, Burna Boy and South African rapper, AKA used to be pretty cool with each other. Okay, let’s backtrack a bit. We all know Burna Boy. He’s one of Nigeria’s biggest musical exports and has even gotten a Grammy award nomination for his 2019 album, African Giant. Burna Boy can be …

Apple Music has released its top ten most streamed songs in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the list has on record Grammy nominated artist Burna Boy, with the most streamed songs in 2019. Burna Boy, who scored his first-ever Grammy nomination some weeks back for best world music album, leads the pack with 5 mentions including the No.1 spot (On the Low) …

The Recording Academy has released the list of artistes heading to the 2020 Grammy Awards as nominees. The list which features world acts such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and more have in the Best World Album category Burna Boy, for ‘African Giant’. He is up against Altin Gun, Bokante & Metropole Orkest, Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet and the legendary …

A handful of South African entertainers together with event house Tshwane Entertainment Collective have issued a petition to the South African Minister of Arts and Culture to cancel out Burna Boy’s inclusion in the anti-xenophobic concert ‘Africans Unite’, slated for November 23 -24, 2019. The call by the entertainers and event house is powered by the African Giant’s internet comments …

Nigerian artiste Burna Boy won the award for “Best International Act” at the 2019 BET Awards. However, it was his mother who accepted it on his behalf. Bose Ogulu, Burna Boy’s mother and manager who has accepted trophies for her son in the past, also came with a quick word for African-Americans. “Thank you very much BET, thank you, Africa. …