Burna Boy
Burna Boy used to be born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu on July 2, 1991. He is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and file manufacturer. In 2012, after the discharge of “Like to Party,” the lead unmarried from his debut studio album L.I.F.E, he catapulted to popularity (2013).
Burna Boy inked contracts with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records within the United States and Warner Music Group out of the country in 2017. Outside, his 3rd studio album, marks his primary label debut.
Profile
Burna Boy
| Name: | Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu |
| Known as: | Burna boy |
| Date Of Birth: | 2 July, 1991 |
| Age: | 31 years |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| State Of Origin: | Rivers state(Port Harcourt) |
| Genre; | Pop, Art Pop, Hi-Hop Folk Pop |
| Stats: | Active |
Childhood and Education
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu used to be born in Nigeria’s Rivers State town of Port Harcourt. His mom, Bose, used to be a translator, whilst his father, Samuel, owned a welding trade.
Benson Idonije, his maternal grandfather, as soon as treated the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti. His mom, Bose Ogulu, will develop into his supervisor sooner or later.
Ogulu grew up in southern Nigeria and started the usage of FruityLoops to create his personal beats. He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara, Ogun State, prior to transferring to London to proceed his schooling.
Later, between 2008 and 2009, he studied media generation on the University of Sussex, and between 2009 and 2010, he studied media communications and tradition at Oxford Brookes University.
He therefore returned to Port Harcourt and started an internship at Rhythm 93.7 FM for 12 months. He started his track occupation upon his go back to Lagos.
Career
Burna Boy’s debut studio album, used to be launched on August 12, 2013, after his 2d mixtape, Burn Identity (2011). The file bought 40 thousand copies on its first day of unlock. Later, Aristokrat Records bought its advertising rights to Uba Pacific for 10,000,000.
Five singles preceded the album’s unlock: “Like to Party,” “Tonight,” “Always Love You,” “Run My Race,” and “Yawa Dey.” L.I.F.E used to be produced through Leriq and featured appearances through 2Face Idibia, M.I., Timaya, Olamide, Reminisce, and Wizkid, amongst others.
The album used to be positioned 10th in Nigeria Entertainment Today’s number of the twelve highest albums of 2013.
The track at the album used to be influenced through Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, and Bob Marley. Music critics praised the album’s manufacturing, which garnered most often favorable critiques.
The 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards nominated this album for Best Album of the Year. In August 2013, L.I.F.E peaked at quantity seven at the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.
Burna Boy left Aristokrat Records in 2014. He created the file label Spaceship Entertainment in February 2015, 8 months after leaving Aristocrat Records.
On November 25, 2015, Burna Boy launched his 2d studio album, On a Spaceship. Redemption, his debut seven-track EP, used to be launched in September 2016.
Its debut music, “Pree Me,” made its debut on Noisey.
Burna Boy used to be featured on Fall Out Boy’s track “Sunshine Riptide,” a song from their 7th studio album Mania, on January 19, 2018.
On January 26, 2018, he launched his 3rd studio album, Outside, precisely one week later. Outside is a mixtape essentially composed of afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, and highway rap.
Hus, Lily Allen, and Mabel are integrated as particular visitors. Outside featured six singles: “Rock Your Body,” “Streets of Africa,” “Koni Baje,” “Sekkle Down,” “Heaven’s Gate,” and “Ye.”
Burna Boy used to be published along Mr. Eazi as a performer on the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on January 3, 2019.
At the Soundcity MVP Honors Festival, he gained 4 awards, together with African Artist of the Year, Listener’s Choice, and Best Male MVP.
Steel & Copper is a four-track EP that Burna Boy and the Los Angeles-based digital duo DJDS launched on March 21, 2019.
It combines the cheerful melodies of Burna Boy with the slinky lure sounds of DJDS. Steel & Copper fuses dancehall and reggae sounds with Afropop and lure.
Burna Boy gained Best International Act on the 2019 BET Awards on June 24. Burna Boy used to be introduced as an Apple Music Up Next artist in July 2019. His participation within the display used to be supported through an interview with Julie Adenuga on Beats 1 and a brief documentary.
Burna Boy carried out at the One World: Together at Home particular in April 2020. Burna Boy used to be featured within the remix of the preferred track “Jerusalema” through South African manufacturer Master KG on June 19, 2020.
In the track, Burna Boy applied his signature afrobeats sound and in addition partly sang in isiZulu.
Burna Boy used to be featured on Sam Smith’s unmarried “My Oasis,” the lead unmarried from their 3rd studio album Love Goes, launched July 30, 2020. Twice as Tall, his 5th studio album, used to be launched on August 14, 2020. I
It used to be produced through Diddy and his mom, Bose Ogulu, as government manufacturers. It debuted at primary at the Billboard World Albums Chart, turning into his highest-charting unlock.
On November 24, 2020, Twice as Tall used to be nominated for the 63rd Annual Grammy Award within the World Music Album class along Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar, and Tiranariwen.
On July 8, 2022, Burna Boy launched his 6th studio album, Love, Damini. The album used to be preceded through two singles: “Kilometre” used to be launched as an impartial unmarried on April 29, 2021, and “Last Last” used to be launched along the album’s release on May 13, 2022.
Personal Life
Burna Boy and British rapper Stefflon Don started courting in 2018[70], alternatively they cut up in 2022.
Controversy
On June 8, 2022, his armed escorts allegedly shot and wounded two people in a Lagos nightclub. The incident started, in step with the spouse of one of the crucial sufferers, when she rebuffed Burna Boy’s invitation to sign up for him within the VIP a part of the membership.
Five safety guards related to Burna Boy had been accused of tried homicide. The girl sooner or later accused Burna Boy and his kinfolk of the usage of hush cash to silence her circle of relatives. The membership has no longer but printed surveillance video of the taking pictures.
Creativity
The majority of Burna Boy’s track is pop and afrobeats. His track is described as Afro-fusion, a mix of 4 genres: R&B, hip hop, dancehall, and reggae. Burna Boy’s sound, in step with August Brown of the Los Angeles Times, is “smart and contemporary while avoiding apparent crossover maneuvers.”
Discography
- Life (2013)
- On a Space (2015)
- Outside (2018)
- African massive (2019)
- Twice as Tall (2020)
- Love, Damini (2022)
Awards and Nominations
- In 2013, Burna Boy gained the Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Best New Act of the Year.
- Burna Boy won the 2014 MTV Africa Music Award for Best New Act.
- Burna Boy won the 2014 MTV Africa Music Award for Best New Act.
- In 2015, Burna Boy won the Headies Award and the Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Best Pop Artist of the Year.
- Burna Boy won 4 Soundcity Music Video Awards in 2018, together with African Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for his 2018 hit unmarried “Ye.”
- At the 2019 Soundcity MVP Awards, Burna Boy gained Listener’s Choice, Best Male MVP, Song of the Year, and African Artist of the Year.
- Burna Boy used to be nominated for a Grammy in 2020, however Angelique Kidjo took house the award for Best World Music.
- In 2021, Burna Boy gained the Grammy Award for highest world track album.
Endorsement offers
As is standard for Nigerian musicians, Burna Boy is a emblem ambassador for quite a lot of corporations. He isn’t an exception, as he additionally has endorsements. Currently, he represents Globacom, Nigerian Breweries Plc, and Mortell Cognac as emblem ambassadors.
Net Worth
As of the date of this publish in 2022, Burna Boy is among the wealthiest and maximum influential artists in Nigeria, with an estimated internet price of $20 million.
