Pan-Africanism, family and the Wu: The gospel of Burna Boy
1 year, 4 months ago

Pan-Africanism, family and the Wu: The gospel of Burna Boy

LA Times  

“Music is life for me,” says Burna Boy. “To see Burna sell out that stadium is a perfect example of that.” Burna Boy performs at New York’s Citi Field on July 8. “Listening to the album now, it just sounds like a battle,” says Matthew “Baus” Adesuyan, Burna Boy’s A&R executive and co-founder of Bad Habit Records. But spiritually, every man will qualify or disqualify himself.” Burna Boy’s new album, “I Told Them.,” “sounds like we’re going to war,” says his A&R executive. “For a long time, us Nigerians wouldn’t even hear African music on the radio,” Burna Boy says.

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CNN  

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The Independent  

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