. Also this year, Warner Music Group partnered with influential Nigerian label Chocolate City, offering its artists support stateside through WMG’s independent label services division, Alternative Distribution Alliance.is Afro-Fusion at its most late-night and atmospheric -- Burna Boy also says it’s his most personal album yet.
Burna Boy grew up in southern Nigeria’s Port Harcourt, where his father ran an ironing business and his mother was a teacher and translator. It was his maternal grandfather who was the creative in the family, managing Nigerian legend, who died in 1997, and whom Burna Boy idolizies to this day. In Nigeria, Burna Boy occupies a position not entirely dissimilar: Openly revered by his nation as a superstar, he’s frequently mobbed whenever he returns home.
burnaboy Smh
burnaboy Oluwa burna
burnaboy Surprise lol. I don't even know him like that but y'all are notorious for downplaying POC continuously. We should know.
burnaboy Surprise? 🚶🏾♀️
burnaboy Surprise? What? Wbk Americans are just late. He probably would’ve hit this height of fame years ago if people didn’t keep shitting on Afrobeats.
burnaboy yall need an entire new staff.
burnaboy Surprise? Man’s legit grown from one phase to another. It’s an obvious case of “ be you, the world will adjust”. burnaboy stayed true to his vibe, it’s no surprise the spotlight is on him
burnaboy Burna been working mehn....only that it's his time
burnaboy Drey_Mide __graham16
burnaboy We weren’t surprised
burnaboy He’s not a surprise he has been grinding hard
burnaboy African king 👑any day any moment
burnaboy No surprise PH2DWorld
burnaboy Ummm he was successful before 🤗 all the lion king stuff
Nigerians don’t read articles, they read headlines
burnaboy I googled the writer. I see why it's a surprise to him... but this is pretty embarrassing for a music publication.
burnaboy I'll tell you how originality, he stayed true to himself and It just goes to show that no matter what genuine talent will always shine through africangiant
burnaboy Mans full of inspiration to Africans.....
burnaboy I guess you didn’t listen to Like to Party in 2009.
burnaboy Surprise💀💀
burnaboy Surprise you say...
burnaboy Last lass the media also acknowledged our Africa king😏😏
burnaboy Put some respect on the man's name
burnaboy which surprise?
burnaboy we ain’t surprised lol
burnaboy ''How Burnaboy become Global Suprise Success Story'' could have been perfect with the main article.
burnaboy I hate to see Blacks with slave mentality with pride. Why put so much value on “billboard”!? Can’t you create your own music magazine and write your own stories!? You must depend on whites? If a Nigerian music critic says anything about Taylor Swift, whites won’t give a shit!
burnaboy Your the only 1 surprised. We knew him way back. Before the dreads. Before the universal deal. Even before tonight 🤘🏾👽🔥
burnaboy HOW DARE YOUUUUUUUUUUU!
burnaboy Surprised? Stop tweeting shit. burnaboy has always got it
burnaboy * inevitable
burnaboy You were surprised at his success not us.
burnaboy We are not surprised in Jesus' Name
burnaboy Read the article and stop complaint about the damn headline
burnaboy You missed it.
burnaboy I will take this tweet as a surprise instead 😱
ZILLA__OAKS burnaboy Wasn’t surprised
burnaboy He is talented , worked hard for it and is not a surprise success story . way to undermine a man who has been consistent in his craft .
burnaboy The Nigerians in this thread..... Smh... Pathetic
burnaboy Silly story. Uninformed writer. Green information. 'Now we look at billboard like is you dumb?'
burnaboy Nope. You are the only surprised one.
burnaboy He was always a success never forget that.
burnaboy Truth be told i remember when burna was dropping back to back hits without getting recognition! Slowly building his empire. iamseantizzle keep it 💯 grind gon pay
burnaboy You dey mad
burnaboy It wasn't a surprise.... He worked for it
burnaboy We're not surprised. He's had it coming.
burnaboy What surprise?! You people like to disrespect African artists with these BS headlines sha
burnaboy It’s just this post that’s a surprise. I grew up on burna☹️
burnaboy Bard_Boi_ kinda looks like you here
burnaboy
burnaboy Our own burna boy surprise kwa..... you don’t mean it. Clap for yourselves.
burnaboy The arrogance in this headline is that nothing exists until the US discovers it! Smelly attitude!
burnaboy Surprise success? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You don't talk about things you don't know about. Okay!!
burnaboy I've known burna boy for about a decade. I've forgotten the first jam in ph sef. Was on danas' video of about a decade too. Is a 10yr old a surprise?
burnaboy Ye! Grizzle Baba . African giant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
burnaboy See billboard, elenu gboro, if it was an American artist now, nothing like surprise would be mentioned, we have known our burna since freedom/like to party/ and we appreciate him well at home, you were late to recognize him periodt🙄🙄...
burnaboy He worked for it and we knew he’s definitely gonna be successful in his field right from onset.
burnaboy Lol. Nigerians are not surprised sha.
burnaboy He was always good but got ignored so he upped his game So win - win.
burnaboy I wasn't surprised, I knew he had it in him. In 2010 or there about when a.o.p Rayze of rhythm Fm awka played 'like to party' on radio i knew he was gonna be a success in the industry.
My champion
burnaboy He has become one of the richest Nigerian artists, but even with a net worth that has been reported to be $22 million, he says, “You are only as rich as where you come from, and Nigeria has a lot of poverty.”
burnaboy Lmao! Pikin wey Hustle?
burnaboy Surprise how? Lol 😂 he’s been building from Day 1 now the house is complete please just take it like that!
justduns burnaboy Who’s surprised ? I’m not
burnaboy Surprise success story Burna should have shared his smoke with this chap!!!! Maybe, just maybe!!!!
burnaboy An interesting read , I do hope billboard gets writers who share about African artists in a more sincere way . The tone was off putting.
burnaboy Damini was never a Surprise
burnaboy Lol.. You mean y'all surprise not ours 🙄🚶 🚶
burnaboy African giant
burnaboy With all the Jargons he sings, issokay.
burnaboy Zero surprises over here.
burnaboy Delete.
burnaboy So Billboard can be surprised Wawu Now I'm surprised
burnaboy Nah! We been knew all along
burnaboy Surprise
burnaboy How will you see a browns kin man like burna and refer to him has surprise success. What do you call surprise?
burnaboy It's your surprise, not ours
burnaboy We were not surprised.. Ok
burnaboy Burna is great from d beginning
Eloka51 burnaboy Surprise
burnaboy You and who is surprised?
burnaboy He worked for it. Its no surprise.
burnaboy Suprise what ?
burnaboy When you want to give props to people of color, give props. Do your research. Burnaboy was never a “surprise” success story - whatever this mean.
burnaboy Nice piece.
burnaboy Lool no surprise please
Surprise😏
burnaboy Nice piece...
burnaboy Stop insulting our Burna
burnaboy Surprise
burnaboy Burna the man
burnaboy So glad to see Nigerian artists in American news
burnaboy
burnaboy AFRICAN GIANT!!!