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Burna Boy’s new YouTube documentary tells his story authoritatively

Burna Boy is having the type of moment that we’ve yet to see in contemporary Nigerian music. As he continues to take steps towards world domination, we get a new YouTube mini doc that highlights the growth and evolution of Nigeria’s first true rockstar. Using the voices of some friends, his mother and his grandfather, […]

Oluwamayowa Idowu

7 years ago

Burna Boy’s new YouTube documentary tells his story authoritatively

Using the voices of some friends, his mother and his grandfather, we get a sense of the young Burna Boy who explored fully his creative talents while struggling academically. From here, he’d end up in Brixton where his music gained a new dimension. The story is told using his affiliation with Fela Kuti as a filter posing him as one the most authentically legitimate heir in the mainstream.

The clip builds up to his December headline concert at the Eko Hotel.