Grammy-nominated singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu Rex popularly known as Burna Boy has been awarded the Best International Act at the BET 2020 awards ceremony.
The ceremony was held virtually, due to the coronavirus pandemic. British supermodel, Naomi Campbell presented the award to Burna Boy. He was nominated alongside other International stars such as, Innoss’B from DRC, South African singer, Sho Madjozi, U.K. acts Dave & Stormzy, and France’s Ninho & S.Pri Noir.
In his appreciation speech, the “African Giant” singer said that:
“I’ll like to use this opportunity to say that sometime around 1835, there was a mission to turn Africa into a dominated nation. Now is the time to overturn that and go back to the royalty that we were, because, in order for black lives to matter, Africa must matter.”
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