I’m among top five musicians in the world – Burna Boy brags after winning Grammy

Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu professionally known as Burna Boy, says he is among the “top five musicians in the world”.

Burna Boy who was awarded a Grammy for the Best Global Music Album this month for ‘Twice As Tall’ which was released last year, stated this during an interview with Reuters.

“You can’t mention the top five musicians in the world without throwing me or an African in there,” he said, smiling. “Now we’re eye to eye with the people we used to look up to.”

Burna Boy described his Grammy win as “a big moment and a big time for African music and Africans in general”.

He said his award was part of a “domino effect” that gives Africans more control over the way they are perceived through technology, as streaming services take the continent’s arts to a global audience.

“I didn’t even want to be African when I was little,” he said. “I wanted to be anything but who I was, because who we are wasn’t really the cool thing to be,” Burna Boy recounted.

He said his win showed that African music was attracting worldwide respect.