Booking Burna Boy

Burna Boy Biography

Burna Boy is a Nigerian singer and songwriter born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu in 1991. He was born and raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where he began making beats using Fruity Loops in his teenage years. As Burna grew older and continued with school, he moved to London where he found a thriving musical community.

Burna Boy would sign with Aristokrat Records and drop his debut album L.I.F.E. in 2013. The album did extremely well commercially for a new artist and was picked up by a new distribution label soon after. In 2014 Burna left his label and started Spaceship Entertainment the following year. In 2018 he found international success when he was featured on Fall Out Boy’s latest effort, and continued to collaborate and succeed with other artists.

Burna Boy has released a total of eight projects that include four studio albums and two EPs. His debut album peaked at #7 on the US Reggae Albums chart, and his following two projects would as well, with his 2018 album Outside peaking at #3. He has been featured on tracks from Fall Out Boy, Jorja Smith, Beyoncé, and most notably, Stromzy’s “Own It.”

Burna Boy is currently promoting his 2019 project African Giant, which peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 and included features from Damian Marley and Skrillex, among others.