Some Nigerians think novice American artistes are bigger than me: – Burna Boy

Grammy award-winner Burna Boy mentioned that, some Nigerians don’t think he is at the same level with American artistes.

It doesn’t matter whether the artiste is a novice, as long as he is an American, they rate him higher, he noted.

Burna Boy made these revelations during an interview with Los Angeles Times. He added that, his upcoming album “I Told Them” is in responds to the people who tried to pull him down.

“To this day, there’s many Nigerians who can tell you an American rapper who just started their career, and they’ll say they’re bigger than Burna Boy. They don’t understand it. They’ll say, ‘There’s no way someone who talks like me, can even be on the same level as an American artist,” Burna Boy said.

The Nigerian superstar also noted that, though American songs dominated media houses in the past, it is now a thing of the past. He gave the credit to the rapid development and reception of Afrobeats.

The ‘Last Last’ hitmaker born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame with his 2012 release ‘Like to Party’.

Love, Damini, Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, made history as the highest debuting African album on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in July 2022. Additionally, it became the most successful African album to chart in the Netherlands, the UK, and France.

Burna Boy received the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque in October in recognition of his musical accomplishments. On Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 best singers ever, he was listed at number 197 in 2023.

At the 2023 BET Awards, Burna Boy won Bet International Act, his fourth victory in the category.

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Akunye Michael is Managing Editor of themovietrain.com. He is also a film critic, script writer, director and a digital marketing consultant. He has acquired several years of writing contents for Chaels Media rebranded as The Movie Train as well as providing digital marketing services to firms.

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