In this Post, I’ve compiled some of the most popular Burna Boy quotes.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on the 2nd of July, 1991. He is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and performer better known by his stage name as Burna Boy.
He rose to fame in 2012, with the release of “Like to Party,” the first single off his debut studio album L.I.F.E in 2013.
Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally in 2017.
In 2019, he was named an Apple Music Up Next artist and won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards. African Giant, his fourth studio album, was released in July 2019 and earned Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards as well as a nomination for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
At the 2020 VGMAs, he was named African Artist of the Year. His album Twice as Tall was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020, making him the first Nigerian to receive back-to-back nominations. Twice as Tall won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021.
16 Burna Boy Quotes
- “At the end of the day, everything you chase will run.”
2. “If I had children, as soon as I have them, I’m teaching them everything I know. I don’t want to feed you fairytales. Fairytales are nice. But they come to an end, and then you have to face reality.”
3. “If you do not speak your truth ,The Lies will become your truth.”
4. “In 2012, I dropped a song called ‘Like To Party,’ and that just took me all over the world.”
5. “I’m 28 years old. In my country, that’s considered very young. It’s almost like the youth don’t matter to the up-and-ups.”
6. “I’m from the south side of Nigeria, a place called Port Harcourt City… No one ever makes it out of there. I wanted to put it on the map.”
7. “Pressure is a man that is wondering how he’s going to feed his five kids today.”
8. “Way I see it, everyone plays their own role in the world, and no role is more important than the other.”
9. “I’m Nigerian. I’m African. I have a lot to say. Apart from what I say, though, is the feeling. People can relate to that feeling. It’s a reciprocal relationship. They feed off me and I feed off them.”
10. “Find out who is truly for you and who is really your Enemy. Let conscience and Confidence Lead you all, As it has lead me all my Life.”
11. “Most Americans don’t even understand what I’m saying in my records, but they pick up on the vibe, the vibration.”
12. “Most Americans don’t even understand what I’m saying in my records, but they pick up on the vibe, the vibration.”
13. “When something happens in Africa, an artist will sing about it and stuff. We have all the records; we have everything. Free Mandela records and all that.”
14. “My genre of music is called Afro-Fusion because I fuse different types of music into a ball.”
15. “Going onstage – that’s my joy. You know like when you’re in school and you’re just waiting for the bell to go off so you can leave the class and go and play outside? That’s me in life.”
16. “You are only as rich as where you come from, and Nigeria has a lot of poverty.”
My favorite Burna Boy quotes are, “At the end of the day, everything you chase will run.” and “If you do not speak your truth ,The Lies will become your truth.”