Afrobeats has been seeing a steady ascension globally with Nigerian mainstream music enjoying massive popularity, with the stars behind the music, winning prestigious awards, and selling out choice venues | Pulse Nigeria
Love, Damini was one of the contenders for Best Global Music Album and his global-charting record “Last Last” was nominated for Best Global Music Performance, however the Nigerian singer lost both awards.
Being Nigerian is hard enough. But these breakthroughs felt like collective wins and made it a little bit easier to believe in project Nigeria. Burna Boy
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Burna Boy: The road to a Grammy for ‘Twice As Tall’
In July 2019, Burna Boy flew into Lagos for a listening party. The subject was African Giant, his seventh studio project. He was all smiles, calm and collected. Whenever he smiled, it was full and with teeth.
The smiles were of contentment and genuine happiness. Dressed in all-black, he was even joined by his grandmother. Word was that a night before, he had just performed a stop on his African Giant Tour.
He was not only winning professionally, his personal life was popping – his girlfriend is British rapper,
Stefflon Don. She wasn’t there on the night, but her spirit hovered above the room, whispering his lovely tunes.