Grammy-winning sensation Burna Boy and iconic music mogul Sean John Combs, affectionately known as Diddy, recently set the dance floor ablaze in an epic battle. The electrifying showdown, captured on video in a pulsating club atmosphere, showcased Burna Boy’s trademark ‘Afro Moonwalk’ dance move. Diddy, not one to back down, called out Burna Boy for... Read More

Blogs

BurnaBoy, dance competition, Diddy, Grammy award, Sean John Combs, Twice as Tall

December 18, 2021

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The Live Experience: Burna Boy Prepares for the Giant of all concerts on December 27

Music Sensation Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy, has been confirmed to perform live at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos on 27th December, 2021. After months of touring the globe with his 2020 album ‘Twice as Tall’, the African Giant is finally coming to his home country Lagos, Nigeria to thrill fans across... Read More

Why Burna Boy’s Grammy win is historic

It’s 2019 and Burna Boy is billed to perform at the Coachella music festival, but he isn’t happy with his name in small fonts. In a line up headlined by Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande, all international stars with names routinely bold, Burna Boy throws a tantrum about being an African Giant and... Read More

Blogs, The Music Blog

African Giant, Afrobeats, Best World Music, Burna boy, Coachella, Grammys, Twice as Tall

January 6, 2021

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Burna Boy performs ‘Way Too Big’ on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

Burna Boy made an appearance on American talk show Late Night With Seth Meyers yesterday, performing the anthemic Way Too Big off his fifth studio album Twice As Tall released last year, and doing it with familiar self-possession and bombast. Move over heathens, Burna Boy already has 2021 in his grasp. Accompanied by a diligent... Read More

The Media Blog

Burna boy, Late Night With Seth Meyers, Seth Meyers, Twice as Tall, Way Too Big

December 23, 2020

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#YNaija2020Review: Twice as Tall, Celia, Made in Lagos… See our 10 Best Albums of the Year

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, 10 Best Albums of the Year, Alagbe, Boo of the booless, Carpe Diem, Celia, Empress, Flavour of Africa, Made In Lagos, roots, Twice as Tall, yellow

November 24, 2020

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Grammy: Burna gets #TwiceAsTall with 2021 nomination

It has been more than a long time coming for Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy who gets a second chance at winning the elusive Grammy and this may just be his time. Missing out on arguably the most prestigious award Burna had been nominated for made him sick to the marrow and for... Read More

Next Rated, The Music Blog

Burna boy, Grammy, Twice as Tall

October 31, 2020

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How Burna Boy is taking the fight against corruption global

Since the days of Fela Kuti, music has been a weapon to fight corruption, injustice and infrastructural decay. He was a vocal critic of the government of the day and took music activism to a level that was novel for the era. Generations after have continued to acknowledge the Afrobeats pioneer as an icon and... Read More

Next Rated

Burna boy, Fair play music, Twice as Tall

October 30, 2020

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Wizkid breaks the internet, as his star power spotlights other artistes

It’s been a tough few weeks for young Nigerians all over the world, and with all the turmoil and heartbreaking events making its rounds all over the media, some good music is in order. Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, released his fourth studio album today Made in Lagos, and believe it or not, the... Read More

Next Rated, The Music Blog

#MadeInLagos, Apollo, BurnaBoy, Chike, Damien Marley, Davido, Olamide, Tems, Twice as Tall, wizkid

September 26, 2020

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Burna is trending for the right reasons and we examine his Grammy chances this time

By Kola Muhammed According to streaming platform, Spotify, Burna Boy’s latest album, Twice as tall is the most streamed album this year with over 40 million streams as of 26th September, 2020. The nearest challenger to it is Tiwa Savage’s fourth discography, Celia with over 10 million streams. And that is some distance, with Adekunle... Read More

Next Rated

Burna boy, Twice as Tall

August 25, 2020

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Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ debuts at No. 54 on Billboard 200 chart

Barely two weeks after its release, Burna Boy’s much-buzzed-about fifth project Twice As Tall has debuted at number 54 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart. It is the highest charting Nigerian album to reach this feat, toppling King Sunny Ade’s Syncro System which peaked at number 91 in 1983 and Wizkid’s Sounds From the Other... Read More

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Burna boy, Burna Boy billboard, Twice as Tall

August 23, 2020

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Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ review, 2Baba’s longevity: the best Nigerian articles of the week

Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are the ones that caught our attention: The Cavemen: A timber in Nigerian highlife – Motolani Lake This might be The Cavemen’s debut album, but these brothers... Read More

Rankings

2baba, Burna boy, Islamic banking, The Cavemen Roots, Twice as Tall

August 17, 2020

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What does Diddy really want from Burna Boy?

”Beyoncé-endorsed Burna Boy make Afrobeat go international” declares a New York Post headline during the release fever of Burna Boy’s fifth studio album Twice As Tall last Friday. The headline stands as a microaggression filtered through the white capitalist machinery, one that frames Beyoncé as a value extractor, discoverer, finder, labels that echoes the complex... Read More

Deep Dive, Editor's Pick

Black music executives, Burna boy, Diddy, Diddy and Burna Boy, Twice as Tall

August 14, 2020

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NBC fines Nigeria Info 99.3FM N5 million for “hate speech” | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Lagos-based radio station, Nigeria Info, N5 million over a comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailaifa concerning the insecurity in Nigeria and the insurgent group; Boko Haram. According to the commission, the fine was issued because the station provided... Read More

Rankings

Bamidele Balogun, Burna boy, NBC, NCDC, Nigeria Info, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Obadiah Mailaifa, President Muhammadu Buhari, The Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVCB), Twice as Tall

June 26, 2020

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How Burna Boy got Nigerians talking about Adebayo Ogunlesi

Popular artiste, Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu is not only notable for his captivating music but for the educative tidbits of facts he embeds in his song lyrics. His latest single was no different, as a particular lyric engendered conversation amongst Nigerians. Following the release of his single, Wonderful, on Friday, the song is expected to... Read More

Deep Dive

Adebayo Ogunlesi, Burna boy, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Twice as Tall, wonderful