Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu MFR was born 2 July 1991, known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E 2013. In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside 2018 marked his major-label debut.Burna Boy’s music is mainly pop and afrobeats. He describes his music as Afro-fusion, which blends the genres R&B, hip hop, dancehall, and reggae. August Brown of the Los Angeles Times said Burna Boy’s sound is “savvy and modern but undistracted by obvious crossover moves.
2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as Apple Music Up Next artist that year. His fourth studio album, titled African Giant, was released in July 2019. It won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. He was awarded African Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards. Burna Boy released his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, in August 2020. It won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. He won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards.
Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, Love, Damini, was released in July 2022 and became the highest debut of an African album on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the highest charted African album in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and France. In October, Burna Boy was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque for his achievements in music. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him number 197 on its list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.
2022: Love, Damini and club shootingEdit, Burna Boy released his sixth studio album, Love, Damini, on 8 July 2022. Its release was preceded by the singles “Kilometre” and “Last Last”.
On 8 June 2022, Burna Boy’s armed security escorts allegedly shot and wounded two people at a nightclub in Lagos. According to the wife of one of the victims, the incident began after she declined Burna Boy’s invitation to join him in the VIP section. Five security guards affiliated with Burna Boy were arrested and charged with attempted murder. The woman later accused the singer and his family of trying to silence her family with hush money. As of 20 June 2022, CCTV footage of the shooting had not been released by the club. Burna Boy held his first concert in Jamaica on December 18, 2022, at the Jamaica National Stadium.
On 1 January 2023, during the Lagos leg of his Love, Damini tour, a visibly upset Burna Boy denied the nightclub shooting rumor and rumors about his mother being a former backup dancer for Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. on June 10, Boy hosted Pepsi’s 2022-23 UEFA Champions League Final opening ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, along with Brazilian singer Anitta and the swedish Dj Alesso.
