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Nnamdi O. Madichie, Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Kigali

Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn't create a music genre called Afrofusion

Burna Boy performs in Glastonbury, England, 2022. Joseph Okpako/WireImage via Getty Images

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born in 1991 in Port Harcourt, the largest city in Rivers State in Nigeria. He would become known as Burna Boy, a singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing Like to Party, the lead single from L.I.F.E., his debut studio album.

With a growing army of global fans, he won a Grammy Award for his album Twice As Tall and has performed live at Madison Square Garden in the US. He recently revealed his sixth studio album, Love, Damini.

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