Burna Boy is one of Nigeria's biggest musicians. His single “Like To Party” from his first album “L.I.F.E” (Leaving An Impact For Eternity) in 2012 catapulted him to fame. He's gone on to collect multiple awards and in 2021, Burna Boy won his first Grammy Award for the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall”. Get more from this Burna Boy biography.
Burna Boy whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on 2 July 1991 in Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria.
Burna Boy’s dad Mr Samuel Ogulu worked at a welding company and his mother Bose Ogulu worked as a translator and currently manages his son Burna Boy.
Burna Boy has two sisters namely Ronami Ogulu and Jehovah-Nissi Ogulu. Konami is Burna Boy’s stylist while his sister Jehovah-Nissi is a singer & songwriter though she’s not as popular as his brother.
She graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom with a degree in mechanical engineering.
This begs the question, does Burna Boy have a twin brother?
They say that there are about seven people in the world that look like you and this is the case with Burna Boy’s lookalike Corey Jae Crowder who is an American basketballer. Thus, Burna Boy is the only boy child in his family.
In this section of Burna Boy's biography, we take a look at his educational journey.
Burna Boy attended some of the best schools in Nigeria. He studied at Corona Secondary School in Agbara but finished his secondary education in the United Kingdom.
He then joined the University of Essex where he graduated with a degree in Media Technology and Oxford Brookes University where he acquired a degree in communications and culture.
In this section of Burna Boy's biography, we highlight his career journey.
Burna Boy on stage | Source: InstagramBurna Boy’s interest in music began when he was 10 years old. He enjoyed listening to the likes of Busta Rhymes, Naughty and Buju Banton. He was then gifted music software which he used to record his first beats.
Years later after he returned to the country (2010) from the United Kingdom, he joined Rhythms FM as an intern. Whilst there, he demonstrated his love for music as he produced his initial songs there.
Burna Boy would later be signed by Aristocrat Records and officially got his professional music career underway.
Burna Boy’s first three singles “Shobeedo” which means freestyle, “Burn Notice” & “Burn Identity” was released in 2011.
Burna Boy at the Hollywood Bowl | Source: InstagramIt was his single “Like To Party” from his first album “L.I.F.E” (Leaving An Impact For Eternity) in 2012 that catapulted Burna Boy to fame.
The song was nominated for the Best Album of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards. Burna Boy featured 2Face Idibia, Timaya, Olamide, Wizkid and Reminisce.
Since then, Burna Boy has gone on and released four more albums and two extended plays. “On A Spaceship” (2015), “Redemption EP” (2016), “Outside” (2018), “Steel & Cooper EP” (2019), “African Giant” (2019), and “Twice as Tall” (2020).
For all this, Burna Boy has won himself accolades like MTV Europe Music Awards, The Headies, BET Awards, AFRIMMA, MOBO Awards amongst others.
This part of Burna Boy's biography looks at his love life? Who is his wife? Does he have children? Find out more.
Burna Boy and Steflon Don | Source: Standard MediaBurna Boy and Stefflon Don broke up in 2021 after he publicly declared he was single. The two have been dating since 2018 and infidelity is said to have brought about the collapse of their relationship.
Before all that, it seemed as though Stefflon Don was going to become Burna Boy’s wife after they allegedly got engaged but that will no longer be the case.
As for kids, Burna Boy doesn’t have children yet. His desire is to build his career and create a good environment to develop a family.
He has been involved in a couple of scandals and in this area of Burna Boy's biography, we tell you some controversies he's been involved in.
Left: Burna Boy, Right: Shatta Wale | Source: BBC News Pidgin Shatta Wale triggered a war of words with Burna Boy after he bitterly stated that he didn’t need them to sell out Accra Sports Stadium for an event.
Burna Boy was one of the Nigerian artists who fired back at Shatta Wale. He condemned the Ghanaian star and viewed him as a threat to the unity built within the African music industry.
Shatta Wale quickly responded and challenged Burna Boy to a head-to-head showdown at Accra Stadium. Burna Boy escalated the stakes as he asked Shatta for a physical fight which the latter turned down due to his respect for Burna’s mother who is his manager.
Shatta Wale further warned Burna Boy not to travel to Ghana and accused him of molesting Ghanaian women. Burna Boy did not respond to these claims.
Left: Davido, Right: Burna Boy | Source: GH GossipIt’s no secret that Burna Boy and Davido have a long-standing beef between them. The tension between them escalated further at Twist Club and Lounge where they traded blows.
Davido was at the club partying when Burna Boy and his entourage walked in and went straight to Davido’s table.
What followed was a brawl between the two which only came to a stop after Burna Boy was taken out by Twist Club and Lounge security guards.
The beef between the two goes back to 2019 when Burna Boy claimed he was self-made, something Davido did not take well and stated that Wizkid and himself were the greats of the industry.
Left: Obafemi Martens, Right: Burna BoyFormer football star Obafemi Martens and Burna Boy have resolved their differences. Obafemi denied reports that he clashed with Burna Boy at Bayrock club and called for both sets of fans to move on.
Burna Boy was accused of disrespecting the celebrated footballer after he dragged him into a fight which forced Obafemi to leave the scene.
Burna Boy does not hold back when it comes to cars. He only goes for the best and his collection proves that. Here’s what it’s made of:
Range Rover Autobiography SUV, Mercedez Benz S-Class, Bentley Continental GT, Mercedez Benz G-Wagon. There’s more:
In 2022, Burna Boy purchased a new Lamborghini Urus Noviteca edition valued at 200 million nairas.
Burna Boy’s Rolls Royce Dawn is a few years old now as he bought it for 125 million nairas in 2019.
Burna Boy's Rolls Royce Dawn | Source: Instagram
Bentley Continental GT | Source: CNET
Mercedez Benz G Wagon | Source: MotorTrend
Odugwu as he is known lives an affluent lifestyle which can be seen by his lineup of cars listed above.
Expect the same when it comes to his house as Burna Boy lives in a seven-bedroom state-of-the-art mansion located in the posh neighbourhood of Lekki.
Burna Boy's House | Source: Instagram
Does Burna Boy own a private jet? Well, he’s been seen flying around in one but it appears that the musician is yet to join the club of artists that own a private jet.
Burna Boy has made a significant amount of money from his musical career. Away from that, Burna Boy has a clothing line named BoohooMAN as well as endorsement deals. Burna Boy’s net worth by Forbes is estimated to be $17 million or 7.1 billion nairas.
As of 2022, Wizkid’s net worth is approximately $30 million or 12.5 billion nairas which he generates from music, endorsement deals, and his record label. With Burna Boy’s net worth at $17 million, it is evident that Wizkid is richer.
Davido is the richest musician in Nigeria with a net worth of $45 million which he makes from music, endorsement deals and business investments. Again, this dwarfs Burna Boy’s net worth of $17 million which means Davido is the richer of the two.
Shatta Wale is one of the most successful musicians in Ghana. His net worth according to Forbes is estimated to be $11 million which he gets from his music, endorsement deals and as the CEO of Shatta Movement. Having established that, it means that Burna Boy is richer than Shatta Wale.
Burna Boy has won major awards in his career which levels him with some of the top musicians in Nigeria.
Burna Boy's Grammy Award | Source: Instagram
In 2021, Burna Boy won his first Grammy Award for the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall” and received another Grammy nomination in the Best Global Music Performance category for his song “Do It Yourself”.
Burna Boy BET Award | Source: InstagramOther awards Burna Boy received in the same year include the BET Awards for the Best International Act and the Global Music Awards Africa for the Artiste of the Year.
Best International Act at the MOBO Awards
Best World Album at the Edison Award
Best International Act at the BET Awards
Best Collaboration for “Jerusalema”, Crossing Boundaries with Music for “Himself” at the African Musik Magazine Awards
African Artiste of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards
Best Male MVP, Song of the Year & African Artist of the Year at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.
Artiste of the Year in Africa & West African Male Artist of the Year at the All Africa Music Awards.
Future Prize For Young Person of the Year & Future Award Prize For Music at the Future Awards Africa.
Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Collaboration, Artiste of the Year & Song of the Year at The Headies
Best International Act at the BET Awards
African Artiste of the Year, Best Male MVP, Song of the Year and Listeners Choice Award at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival
Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Best African Dancehall/Reggae Act at the Africa Musik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA)
Best African Collaboration at the All Africa Music Awards
Best Collaboration at the MTV Africa Music Awards
Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Best New Act of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards
Burna Boy’s Instagram: @BurnaBoyGram
Burna Boy’s Twitter: @BurnaBoy
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Burna Boy’s YouTube: Burna Boy
Burna Boy’s real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu.
Burna Boy was born in Port Harcourt which means that he comes from River State.
Burna Boy comes from the Igbo tribe.
Burna Boy has two sisters namely Ronami Ogulu and Jehovah-Nissi Ogulu. Ronami is Burna Boy’s stylist while his sister Jehovah-Nissi is a singer & songwriter though she’s not as popular as his brother. She graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom with a degree in mechanical engineering.
The age of Burna Boy’s mother remains unknown though she celebrates her birthday on 19 November.
Burna Boy’s father is Samuel Ogulu. He was born in Port Harcourt in River State.
Burna Boy’s ex-girlfriend was Stefflon Don whom he dated for three years before he announced through an Instagram post that they were no longer an item.
In 2022, Burna Boy purchased a new Lamborghini Urus Noviteca edition valued at 200 million nairas.
Reports suggested that Burna Boy’s house was burnt down after he expressed his support for the End Sars movement. However, his management rubbished the claims.
Burna Boy’s net worth by Forbes is estimated to be $17 million. He’s made this amount from his music, clothing line named BoohooMAN as well as endorsement deals.
Burna Boy has won at least 35 awards in his career so far including the prestigious Grammy Awards, BET Awards, MOBO Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards and many more.
Burna Boy’s first and only Grammy to date came in 2021 when he won the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall”.
Burna Boy is one of Nigeria's biggest musicians. His single “Like To Party” from his first album “L.I.F.E” (Leaving An Impact For Eternity) in 2012 catapulted him to fame. He's gone on to collect multiple awards and in 2021, Burna Boy won his first Grammy Award for the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall”. Get more from this Burna Boy biography.
Burna Boy whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on 2 July 1991 in Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria.
Burna Boy’s dad Mr Samuel Ogulu worked at a welding company and his mother Bose Ogulu worked as a translator and currently manages his son Burna Boy.
Burna Boy has two sisters namely Ronami Ogulu and Jehovah-Nissi Ogulu. Konami is Burna Boy’s stylist while his sister Jehovah-Nissi is a singer & songwriter though she’s not as popular as his brother.
She graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom with a degree in mechanical engineering.
This begs the question, does Burna Boy have a twin brother?
They say that there are about seven people in the world that look like you and this is the case with Burna Boy’s lookalike Corey Jae Crowder who is an American basketballer. Thus, Burna Boy is the only boy child in his family.
In this section of Burna Boy's biography, we take a look at his educational journey.
Burna Boy attended some of the best schools in Nigeria. He studied at Corona Secondary School in Agbara but finished his secondary education in the United Kingdom.
He then joined the University of Essex where he graduated with a degree in Media Technology and Oxford Brookes University where he acquired a degree in communications and culture.
In this section of Burna Boy's biography, we highlight his career journey.
Burna Boy on stage | Source: InstagramBurna Boy’s interest in music began when he was 10 years old. He enjoyed listening to the likes of Busta Rhymes, Naughty and Buju Banton. He was then gifted music software which he used to record his first beats.
Years later after he returned to the country (2010) from the United Kingdom, he joined Rhythms FM as an intern. Whilst there, he demonstrated his love for music as he produced his initial songs there.
Burna Boy would later be signed by Aristocrat Records and officially got his professional music career underway.
Burna Boy’s first three singles “Shobeedo” which means freestyle, “Burn Notice” & “Burn Identity” was released in 2011.
Burna Boy at the Hollywood Bowl | Source: InstagramIt was his single “Like To Party” from his first album “L.I.F.E” (Leaving An Impact For Eternity) in 2012 that catapulted Burna Boy to fame.
The song was nominated for the Best Album of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards. Burna Boy featured 2Face Idibia, Timaya, Olamide, Wizkid and Reminisce.
Since then, Burna Boy has gone on and released four more albums and two extended plays. “On A Spaceship” (2015), “Redemption EP” (2016), “Outside” (2018), “Steel & Cooper EP” (2019), “African Giant” (2019), and “Twice as Tall” (2020).
For all this, Burna Boy has won himself accolades like MTV Europe Music Awards, The Headies, BET Awards, AFRIMMA, MOBO Awards amongst others.
This part of Burna Boy's biography looks at his love life? Who is his wife? Does he have children? Find out more.
Burna Boy and Steflon Don | Source: Standard MediaBurna Boy and Stefflon Don broke up in 2021 after he publicly declared he was single. The two have been dating since 2018 and infidelity is said to have brought about the collapse of their relationship.
Before all that, it seemed as though Stefflon Don was going to become Burna Boy’s wife after they allegedly got engaged but that will no longer be the case.
As for kids, Burna Boy doesn’t have children yet. His desire is to build his career and create a good environment to develop a family.
He has been involved in a couple of scandals and in this area of Burna Boy's biography, we tell you some controversies he's been involved in.
Left: Burna Boy, Right: Shatta Wale | Source: BBC News Pidgin Shatta Wale triggered a war of words with Burna Boy after he bitterly stated that he didn’t need them to sell out Accra Sports Stadium for an event.
Burna Boy was one of the Nigerian artists who fired back at Shatta Wale. He condemned the Ghanaian star and viewed him as a threat to the unity built within the African music industry.
Shatta Wale quickly responded and challenged Burna Boy to a head-to-head showdown at Accra Stadium. Burna Boy escalated the stakes as he asked Shatta for a physical fight which the latter turned down due to his respect for Burna’s mother who is his manager.
Shatta Wale further warned Burna Boy not to travel to Ghana and accused him of molesting Ghanaian women. Burna Boy did not respond to these claims.
Left: Davido, Right: Burna Boy | Source: GH GossipIt’s no secret that Burna Boy and Davido have a long-standing beef between them. The tension between them escalated further at Twist Club and Lounge where they traded blows.
Davido was at the club partying when Burna Boy and his entourage walked in and went straight to Davido’s table.
What followed was a brawl between the two which only came to a stop after Burna Boy was taken out by Twist Club and Lounge security guards.
The beef between the two goes back to 2019 when Burna Boy claimed he was self-made, something Davido did not take well and stated that Wizkid and himself were the greats of the industry.
Left: Obafemi Martens, Right: Burna BoyFormer football star Obafemi Martens and Burna Boy have resolved their differences. Obafemi denied reports that he clashed with Burna Boy at Bayrock club and called for both sets of fans to move on.
Burna Boy was accused of disrespecting the celebrated footballer after he dragged him into a fight which forced Obafemi to leave the scene.
Burna Boy does not hold back when it comes to cars. He only goes for the best and his collection proves that. Here’s what it’s made of:
Range Rover Autobiography SUV, Mercedez Benz S-Class, Bentley Continental GT, Mercedez Benz G-Wagon. There’s more:
In 2022, Burna Boy purchased a new Lamborghini Urus Noviteca edition valued at 200 million nairas.
Burna Boy’s Rolls Royce Dawn is a few years old now as he bought it for 125 million nairas in 2019.
Burna Boy's Rolls Royce Dawn | Source: Instagram
Bentley Continental GT | Source: CNET
Mercedez Benz G Wagon | Source: MotorTrend
Odugwu as he is known lives an affluent lifestyle which can be seen by his lineup of cars listed above.
Expect the same when it comes to his house as Burna Boy lives in a seven-bedroom state-of-the-art mansion located in the posh neighbourhood of Lekki.
Burna Boy's House | Source: Instagram
Does Burna Boy own a private jet? Well, he’s been seen flying around in one but it appears that the musician is yet to join the club of artists that own a private jet.
Burna Boy has made a significant amount of money from his musical career. Away from that, Burna Boy has a clothing line named BoohooMAN as well as endorsement deals. Burna Boy’s net worth by Forbes is estimated to be $17 million or 7.1 billion nairas.
As of 2022, Wizkid’s net worth is approximately $30 million or 12.5 billion nairas which he generates from music, endorsement deals, and his record label. With Burna Boy’s net worth at $17 million, it is evident that Wizkid is richer.
Davido is the richest musician in Nigeria with a net worth of $45 million which he makes from music, endorsement deals and business investments. Again, this dwarfs Burna Boy’s net worth of $17 million which means Davido is the richer of the two.
Shatta Wale is one of the most successful musicians in Ghana. His net worth according to Forbes is estimated to be $11 million which he gets from his music, endorsement deals and as the CEO of Shatta Movement. Having established that, it means that Burna Boy is richer than Shatta Wale.
Burna Boy has won major awards in his career which levels him with some of the top musicians in Nigeria.
Burna Boy's Grammy Award | Source: Instagram
In 2021, Burna Boy won his first Grammy Award for the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall” and received another Grammy nomination in the Best Global Music Performance category for his song “Do It Yourself”.
Burna Boy BET Award | Source: InstagramOther awards Burna Boy received in the same year include the BET Awards for the Best International Act and the Global Music Awards Africa for the Artiste of the Year.
Best International Act at the MOBO Awards
Best World Album at the Edison Award
Best International Act at the BET Awards
Best Collaboration for “Jerusalema”, Crossing Boundaries with Music for “Himself” at the African Musik Magazine Awards
African Artiste of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards
Best Male MVP, Song of the Year & African Artist of the Year at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.
Artiste of the Year in Africa & West African Male Artist of the Year at the All Africa Music Awards.
Future Prize For Young Person of the Year & Future Award Prize For Music at the Future Awards Africa.
Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards
Best Collaboration, Artiste of the Year & Song of the Year at The Headies
Best International Act at the BET Awards
African Artiste of the Year, Best Male MVP, Song of the Year and Listeners Choice Award at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival
Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Best African Dancehall/Reggae Act at the Africa Musik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA)
Best African Collaboration at the All Africa Music Awards
Best Collaboration at the MTV Africa Music Awards
Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Best New Act of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards
Burna Boy’s Instagram: @BurnaBoyGram
Burna Boy’s Twitter: @BurnaBoy
Burna Boy’s Facebook: Burna Boy
Burna Boy’s YouTube: Burna Boy
Burna Boy’s real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu.
Burna Boy was born in Port Harcourt which means that he comes from River State.
Burna Boy comes from the Igbo tribe.
Burna Boy has two sisters namely Ronami Ogulu and Jehovah-Nissi Ogulu. Ronami is Burna Boy’s stylist while his sister Jehovah-Nissi is a singer & songwriter though she’s not as popular as his brother. She graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom with a degree in mechanical engineering.
The age of Burna Boy’s mother remains unknown though she celebrates her birthday on 19 November.
Burna Boy’s father is Samuel Ogulu. He was born in Port Harcourt in River State.
Burna Boy’s ex-girlfriend was Stefflon Don whom he dated for three years before he announced through an Instagram post that they were no longer an item.
In 2022, Burna Boy purchased a new Lamborghini Urus Noviteca edition valued at 200 million nairas.
Reports suggested that Burna Boy’s house was burnt down after he expressed his support for the End Sars movement. However, his management rubbished the claims.
Burna Boy’s net worth by Forbes is estimated to be $17 million. He’s made this amount from his music, clothing line named BoohooMAN as well as endorsement deals.
Burna Boy has won at least 35 awards in his career so far including the prestigious Grammy Awards, BET Awards, MOBO Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards and many more.
Burna Boy’s first and only Grammy to date came in 2021 when he won the Best Global Music Album for his album “Twice As Tall”.
