Grammy award winner, Burna Boy whose real name is Damini Ogulu alongside other sensational Afrobeat musicians, Tems and Rema on Sunday, February 19 performed at the 2023 National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.
Burna, an internationally renowned singer-songwriter delivered one of his most exhilarating performances in recent times at the grandeur event.
In a courtside interview before mounting the NBA all-star game in Utah on Sunday, the self-acclaimed African Giant revealed that when he was young, he used to hope of one day playing in the NBA.
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Speaking before his performance at the halftime show the foremost Nigerian musician said he had dreams of someday playing in the NBA but he got to perform at the NBA all-star game instead so he guessed he made it after all.
Listen to the Afrobeat flagbearer below.
I had dreams of playing in the NBA as a kid – Burna Boy says as he narrates how it felt performing at the NBA All-Star half-time show pic.twitter.com/YtJDUizgGA
— African Folder (@africanfolder) February 21, 2023
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It would be recalled that in 2021, the self-acclaimed African Giant, Burna Boy became the first Nigerian-born singer-songwriter to win an individual award at the 63rd Grammy Awards ceremony.
Additionally, he became the first Nigerian musician to receive consecutive nominations at the foremost music award ceremony.
It would be recalled that in 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him at number 197 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
