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Burna Boy wins two Mobo Awards for Best International Act and Best Africa Musical Act

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Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy was one of the big winners at the 2022 MOBO Awards.

Burna Boy who had been nominated under the category of Best International Act at the MOBOs alongside the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Drake and Summer Walker had come out tops as the winner of the award.

Other nominees under the category included Jazmine Sullivan, Skilibeng, Jack Harlow and Nigerian fast-rising global act, Tems.

Burna also won the Best African Act, beating Asake, Rema, Fireboy, and Omah Lay.

This brings the star’s MOBO award wins to a total of three following his 2021 win as the Best International Act.

The MOBO Awards is an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in “music of black origin”, including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, and more.

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Why I’m not actively involved in politics – Burna boy

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Grammy-award-winning singer, Burna Boy has explained why he is not actively involved in politics.

Burna Boy, who just released his sixth album ‘Love Damini’, in a podcast with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, said he is not naturally drawn to politics.

He said he has also decided not to be involved in politics and its many trickeries to the point of turning down mouth-watering offers greater men wouldn’t have resisted.

According to the “Twice as Tall” crooner, he has no faith in anyone attempting to play God, because there is a real God.

He noted that he has stayed away and does not expect anything from politicians while sticking firmly to his craft.

“I’ve turned down things that even greater men than me could not turn down. Because I don’t want any involvement in politics and trickery. And I’ve always made my stance clear where all of that is concerned, so as you know, the reason for surprise.

“It’s like drinking water. It’s natural for me. I can only speak for now because I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow as regards to the world, and who may come into the picture.

“I can’t really say, but I can speak for today. As of today, I don’t believe that there’s anybody that’s qualified enough to play God.

“It is not something that I blame anyone for. Because at the end of the day, there is God. So that’s who we should be looking up to. Everything else is going to be flawed.

“So for me, that is why I stick to music, and I don’t really… At this point, I feel like I’ve seen all there to see about the realities and everything,” he said.

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I am not perfect – Burna Boy admits

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Nigerian Grammy winner, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has admitted that he is not a perfect individual, adding that neither is any other human being.

The self-acclaimed African Giant who often touts himself as the best of the best and greatest amongst his colleagues, made the admission of imperfection via his Twitter account on Thursday.

Burna Boy dished some words of advise to his fans, saying that they should continue to strive for success, work hard and keep moving.

He noted that it is okay to make mistakes and learn from them, but one should never regret going through the educative process.

Burna wrote; ”NO REGRETS. Keep working, keep Trying, keep Moving. Make mistakes and learn but NEVER REGRET.

I ain’t perfect neither are you. Nobody is. Love. Damini.”

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Man United legend, Evra reveals who he loves more between Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy (Video)

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Former Manchester United legend, Patrice Evra has opened up on who his favourite musician is among Nigeria’s leading singers, Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy.

He appeared as a guest on Bounce Radio hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and was asked who he loves more between the trio.

The football star who flew to Lagos, Nigeria weeks ago, visited Oshodi to witness first-hand, the Chess In Slum project founded by Tunde Onakoya.

When asked who is his favourite, Evra revealed that he loves three of them and would not choose a side because the fanbase of the other artiste would attack him if he does.

He, however revealed that he is closer to Burna Boy more than Wiz and Davido.

Watch the video HERE

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Burna Boy’s African Giant hits half a billion streams on Spotify

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Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has set a new record on global streaming platform, Spotify, with his 2019 album, African Giant.

The Grammy winner’s African Giant has surpassed 500 million streams on Spotify, making him the first African artiste to achieve such feat.

Fans have taken to social media to celebrate the Dancehall and Afrobeats star over his historic milestone.

Meanwhile, this comes after he made history as the first African to sell out the biggest arena in The Netherlands.

Burna Boy received a plaque after he sold out the 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam last week.

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God has blessed me abundantly since I left Burna Boy’s label – BNXN

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Nigerian musician, Daniel Benson, known professionally as BNXN, has acknowledged God’s blessings upon him ever since he went independent.

BNXN, formerly known as Buju, was signed to Burna Boy’s Spaceship Entertainment in 2020, but he left the record label in 2021.

According to the ‘Confident’ crooner, God has been blessing him in multiple folds ever since he left Burna Boy’s label.

God blessed me x10 since I went independent ?”, he wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, last year, BNXN revealed why he terminated his contract with Burna Boy’s record label.

The singer said; “Signing with spaceship was so amazing I got like 9m streams with my remix in April.

“Burna heard my song ‘Lenu’ in the club and ‘vibed’ with it and signed me in 2020 but it was a year contract and I didn’t renew it.

“I didn’t renew the contract after a year because I want to do things on my own differently. I’ve seen how it works around there and it does not necessarily flow with me.

“Affiliation is great when it’s working for you.

“I told Burna I wanted to do it on my own and I’ll make him proud and he told me to go along.”

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Burna Boy helped Shatta Wale and he paid him back by sleeping with his girlfriend – Shatta Wale’s ex-bestfriend spills

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Wizla Finto, former best friend of Ghanaian singer, Shatta Wale has alleged that the dancehall artiste backstabbed Nigerian music superstar, Burna Boy.

According to Wizla who was present at the genesis of Shatta Wale’s career, his former friend was helped by Burna only for him to pay the Grammy winner by sleeping with the girl he was dating at the time.

In a viral video, the young man explained that Shatta ate the Nigerian singer’s money alone and slept with his girlfriend when he wasn’t around one time and that is the cause of their feud.

In his words; “Shatta wale lied, he never Helped or did anything for Burna Boy, Burna brought a lot of Money to Ghana and Shatta wale ate the money, and paid Burna Boy back by sleeping with his girl, Shatta wale is notorious for sleeping with all his close friends Girlfriends, shatta wale broke the street code, someone like him is capable of putting poison inside Burna Boy’s food.

Shatta Wale is very fake, he will never befriend you if you are broke, he has switched up on me and all his close friends whom we all started the SM4Life movement together, he is very selfish and he has not helped any of us including his own baby mama, But Nigerian artistes have been helping Ghanaian artistes from the Days of VIP, R2bees to Sarkodie and many more”

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Why I am yet to collaborate with Wizkid, Burna Boy – US singer, Ne-Yo

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Award-winning American R&B singer, Ne-Yo, has revealed that he intends to work with Nigerian artistes like Wizkid, Burna Boy and a few others.

Speaking during a press conference with Flytime music on Wednesday, Dec 22, Ne-Yo said he is however unable to collaborate with either Wiz, Burna, Tems or Ckay because he has no way of contacting them, so he is just waiting for any of them to reach out.

The U.S. songwriter who headlined the Flytime music festival on Wednesday night, also said he never knew he had such a fan base in Lagos.

I remember being pleasantly surprised the first time I came to Lagos, Nigeria. I genuinely had no idea that I had such an amazing fan base here,” he said

The ”Because of You” hitmaker then talked about the Nigerian style of music, and his intention to delve into the Afrobeats genre.

Ne-Yo said; “For me to sit with producers and go and be like, ‘Let’s do some afrobeat today’, I’ll feel like an imposter.

If I want to get into it, I want to be invited by an artiste who’s already there. Let me feature on an artiste who’s already there or I get an artiste who’s already there to feature on something of mine, so that’s authentic and real.

“I’ll love to collaborate with some African artistes. Wizkid is on the list, Tems is on the list, Burna Boy is on the list, and Ckay is on the list.

“I’m just waiting on a phone call basically. I don’t have anybody’s number for me to call. I’m waiting for them to call me.”

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Burna Boy reportedly leaves Stefflon Don for American model

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Top Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy has allegedly dumped his girlfriend, British rapper, Stefflon Don for American model and fashion entrepreneur, Delicia Cordon.

A post by blogger, Gistlovers hinted that Burna Boy, who has been in romantic relationship with Stefflon Don since 2019, is seeking a new bae.

The blogger revealed Delicia has been in amorous relationships with many international celebrities including legendary boxer, Floyd Mayweather.

Sharing photo of them, Gistlovers wrote;

Hello tueh tueh,Meet our latest catch, mama Na very popular £Scort wey don do all the rich rich famous people, may-weather sef Dey her list, Biko wetin go happen to Aunty steflon like this?? I come in peace oo, igi ewedu oni wo pawa ooo”

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Burna is losing it musically – Cynthia Morgan takes a swipe at Burna Boy, Wizkid

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Nigerian dancehall singer, Cynthia Morgan has taken a swipe at Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy and his colleague, Wizkid.

The German Juice hit-maker, in a post on her official Instagram story, stated that Burna Boy is losing his musical dexterity.

Cynthia Morgan stated this in reaction to his recently released song with Wizkid titled Ballon D’Or.

The songstress also shared her thoughts on Wizkid’s vocals, saying that his concluding 8 bars on the track were weak.

She wrote; ”Burna Boy is losing it with his music arrangement. Wizkid was ok but his last 8 bars was weak.”

See her post:

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”Life is too short to hold grudges” – Man tells Wizkid, Burna Boy to stop beefing Davido

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A Nigerian Twitter user, Daniel Regha has advised Afrobeats superstars, Wizkid and Burna Boy to reconcile with colleague, Davido because ”life is too short”.

He made the call to the Starboy and African Giant shortly after they released their new single B D’or.

It is the second time the duo will be working together after “Ginger” from the “Made In Lagos” album.

But he believes that they are deliberately isolating Davido, and that is something that needs to be addressed.

He stated that they both need to make amends with OBO who has been reaching out to them publicly.

Daniel Regha tweeted; ”Burna your trouser is hilarious, looks like a palazzo. OMG glad you and Wizkid are friends, you guys need each other to grow and promote positivity in the industry.

But you two should go make amends with Davido ASAP cos he’s been reaching out publicly. Life is too short to hold grudges.”

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Burna Boy set to become first Nigerian to headline Madison Square Garden, New York

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Nigerian singer and self-acclaimed African Giant, Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy is set to become the first Nigerian artiste to headline the Madison Square Garden in New York, USA.

This was made known via a post Burna shared on his verified Instagram page on Thursday night.

He shared a video showing the message sent to him by the Madison Square Garden via its official Instagram account.

The MDS management invited him to headline its 20,000 capacity Arena as the first Nigerian to ever have such privilege.

Burna Boy who answered positively, however did not give a final response in the chat he posted.

Sharing the video, he wrote;

”THE BIG ? ……should I pull up or nah? @thegarden”

Watch the clip HERE

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Burna Boy emerges most streamed African artiste for 2021

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Nigerian Dancehall star, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy has become the most-streamed African artiste globally on the popular music streaming platform, Deezer.

The announcement was made by Deezer via their Twitter page on Friday, the 27th of November 2021.

Burna Boy has had quite an amazing year as he won his very first solo Grammy Award earlier with his Twice as Tall album.

CorrectNG reported days ago that he was again nominated for the 2022 edition, making it his third consecutive Grammy nomination.

The African giant has been nominated in the category of “best global music performance” for a song titled “Do yourself,” with Angelique Kidjo.

Deezer announced Burna Boy as its Most Streamed African artiste globally for the year, while sharing a video of the singer.

”@burnaboy is the top-streamed African artist on Deezer globally in 2021.

Congrats to the African Giant”, the tweet read.

See the post below:

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Burna Boy bags Grammy nomination for the third time in a row

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Nigerian superstar singer, Damini Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy, has been nominated for another Grammy Award, making it the third time in three years.

The African giant bagged a nomination for the prestigious Grammy Awards in the category of “Best Global Music Performance” for a song titled “Do yourself,” with Angelique Kidjo.

Burna Boy earned his first nomination with “African Giant” album in the “Best World Music Category” in 2020. However, he lost to the legendary Angelique Kidjo.

He went on to bag another nomination with his ‘Twice as Tall’ album in the “Best Global Music Album” category in the 2021 Grammy Awards. He was nominated alongside four others and he won that category giving him his first ever Grammys.

The Recording Academy started broadcasting the nominations live by 6PM West African time on Grammy.com, as well as across their social platforms – Twitter, TikTok and Facebook.

Watch the 2022 Grammy Awards nominations HERE

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Wizkid, Olamide, Burna Boy are Kings – Samklef

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Nigerian music producer and artiste Samklef has said said that the leading musician’s in the entertainment industry are all kings in their own right.

The Molowo Noni hit maker stated this in a Twitter post on Monday as he mentioned top artistes, Wizkid, Davido, Olamide, Burna Boy and himself as kings.

According to Samklef, everybody is a king in his own lane.

He tweeted;

Wizkid is a king

Davido is a king

Olamide is a king

Burna boy is a king

Samklef is a king.

Everybody Na king for him own lane. If u don’t get it 4gt it.”

See his post:

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I am too hot – Burna Boy declares in new video

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Nigerian Dancehall star, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy, has self-appraised himself as a man who is ”too hot”.

In a recent video he posted on his Instagram story, the Grammy-winner declared that he is too hot.

This is also as he revealed that his hotness caused the fire alarm to go off when he stepped into an environment.

Burna recorded himself feeling impressed with his appearance and then concluded the post with a caption of Drake’s song, stating that he is Way 2 sexy.

The Odogwu crooner wrote; ”I’m too hot. I walked In and the fire alarm went off. Way 2 Sexy”

Watch the video HERE

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#EndSARS report: ”You can’t clean innocent blood with Lie Mohammed” – Burna Boy

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Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy has reacted to the Lagos State Judicial Panel report on the activities of SARS and other related offences which confirmed the October 20, 2020 incident at the Lekki toll gate as a massacre.

The Panel submitted a 309-page report to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on Monday, indicting the Nigerian Army and Police of having killed and maimed unarmed youths protesting police brutality and bad governance in Nigeria.

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had however on numerous occasions denied the massacre, insisting that no one was killed during the invasion of Lekki toll gate.

Reacting via his Instagram story, Burna Boy stated that he woke up to see that government’s lies have been exposed.

He wrote; ”I just sleep wake up see say government nyash open far and wide today.

”You cannot clean innocent blood with Lie Mohammed”

See his post below:

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I told my mum I’m never getting married – Burna Boy

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Nigerian Grammy award-winner, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has stated that he usually tells his mother that he’ll never get married.

The self-acclaimed African Giant made this known on Monday, adding that whenever he tells his mum about his plans to never get married, she ‘turns’ red.

According to Burna Boy, his mother, Bose Ogulu, who doubles as his manager, hates it when he mentions that he’ll never get married.

The singer, further said that he is uncertainty about the seriousness of his comments to his mum.

He wrote; “My mum hates it so much when I tell her I’m never getting married. She turns red!!

“My own issue is that now, I’m not too sure if I really mean it or I just say it to piss her off.”

Burna Boy is currently dating British rapper, Stefflon Don. In 2019, he had revealed in an interview that she was not just his girlfriend but ‘wifey’.

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Wizkid, Burna Boy hit 300 million streams each on Audiomack

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Nigerian music giants, Ayodeji Balogun also known as Wizkid and Damini Ogulu alias Burna Boy have both achieved new milestones simultaneously.

The singers hit 300 million streams on global digital platform, Audiomack at about the same time.

Burna Boy showed off the plaque he received in recognition of the achievement and Wizkid also took to his social media page to flaunt his own plaque.

For Starboy, his latest album, Made In Lagos is responsible for him earning the streaming numbers on Audiomack.

While the African Giant got his as part of the collective numbers from Outside, African Giant and Twice as Tall albums.

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