Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly often known as Burna Boy, has revealed that there was a degree in his life when he thought-about himself “extra Jamaican.”
He defined that whereas finding out in Brixton, United Kingdom, years in the past, he was surrounded by Jamaicans and developed a deep reference to the Caribbean nation.
He stated listening to Jamaican music whereas rising up additionally influenced his love for the nation.
Talking in an interview with Capital Xtra London, Burna Boy stated, “Jamaica has all the time been part of me — from my dad taking part in Tremendous Cat and stuff after I was a child to me ending up in Brixton, when virtually each Nigerian within the UK was both at school or in Peckham. I ended up in Brixton.
“So, I thought-about myself extra Jamaican on the time merely for the truth that everybody round me was Jamaican and Caribbean. There have been minimal Nigerians round me at the moment. After I return house to Nigeria, then I’m actually a Nigerian. However after I was right here, I’m Jamaican. Even the Africans that have been my guys weren’t Nigerians. They have been Gambians, Ugandans, and Congolese. There have been solely two Nigerians in my crew.”
Burna Boy has beforehand revealed in an interview that he sees Jamaica as “house.”
He additionally stated his type of music is closely influenced by Jamaican reggae and dancehall.
Burna Boy dated British-Jamaican rapper Stefflon Don between 2019 and 2021.
