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Burna Boy Biography: Age, Cars, House, Awards And Networth by Abdullahi1147: 1:59am On Mar 02, 2023
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on July 2, 1991 and he is one of the most prominent artists in Africa, he was better known by his stage name Burna Boy. Burna Boy was Regarded as one of the finest musicians and singers in the whole African continent.
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Burna Boy Wiki Fact and Data

Full Name: Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu

Stage Name: Burna Boy

Date Of Birth: 2 July 1991

Age: 31years old

Place of Birth: Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria

State Of Origin: Rivers State

Nationality: Nigerian

Height: 1.85 m

Parents: Samuel Ogulu, Bose Ogulu

Siblings: Romani Ogulu, Nissi Ogulu

Wife: Not Married

Girlfriend: Stefflon Don

Children:N/A

Occupation: Singer • Songwriter

Net Worth: US$20 million – US$25 million

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on July 2, 1991 and he is one of the most prominent artists in Africa, he was better known by his stage name Burna Boy. Burna Boy was Regarded as one of the finest musicians and singers in the whole African continent.

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Early life
Burna Boy real name is Damini Ogulu and he was born on July 2, 1991. He was born in the seaside of Port Harcourt, and he is a native of Rivers State and south-south regions of Nigeria. He comes from a mixed ancestry as his mother is a Yoruba woman named Bose Ogulu. His father’s name is Samuel Ogulu. Burna Boy comes from a very creative family.

He has one brother and he also have one sister named Romani Ogulu, who is a scientist and a designer. Her grandfather is Benson Idonijie, a veteran broadcaster, music critic and former Fela Kuti band manager. In addition, his mother is the former empress of Kalakuta, one of the Fela Kuti dancers.

His parents raised him in the Christian faith and spent his early years in Port Harcourt and Lagos City. Coming from an artistic family, Burna Boy discovered his musical talent quite early and he did not face any objection from his parents when pursuing his passion. They encourage him instead, which prompted him to start composing songs while in high school.

Education
Burna Boy comes from an upper middle class background, which has given him a quality education. He completed his kindergarten and elementary education at a top private school in Port Harcourt. To attend middle school and high school, he attended Corona Junior High School in Agbara, Ogun State.

He immigrated to the UK for university and attended the University of Sussex, earning a degree in communication technology.

Personal life
Burna Body is considered by some fans to be a giant of African music and is among the top three artists of the continent alongside with Wizkid and Davido. The Port Harcourt-born singer turned 31 on July 2, and as expected, his family members, close friends and management team threw a huge party to eat and happy on his birthday.

Burna Boy is currently being manage by his mother, Bose Ogulu. He commutes between Lagos and London, where his girlfriend resides. Burna Boy is in a relationship with a British female artist Stefflon Don, which debuted in 2018. He’s one of the richest entertainers in the country, and that shows in his lavish lifestyle. He has appeared in top magazines such as Vogue, British GQ and Evening Standard. He is a football fan and a fan of English club, Manchester United. He is a brand ambassador for Pepsi, Nigerian Breweries PLC and one of the best online banking in Nigeria, Chipper Cash.

Career
After learning how to make beat with FruityLoops, Burna Boy recorded two mixtapes, Burn Notice and Burn Identity, before signing a record deal with Aristokrat Records. Under this label, he released his first hit song tilted Like To Party in 2012, which brought him into the spotlight.

Like To Party is the lead single from her debut studio album, L.I.F.E, which was released on August 12, 2013. The project includes other top singles such as Run My Race, Yawa Dey, Always Love you and Tonight.

Burna Boy was nominated for the 2013 Next Rated Artist award at The Headies. However, he lost the award to fellow singer Sean Tizzle. His debut album L.I.F.E was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigerian Entertainment Awards.

Two years after becoming a music star, he parted with Aristokrat Records and founded his own music label Spaceship Entertainment in February 2015. Under Spaceship, he has released 4 more albums and successful music projects about commercial side.

On November 25, 2015, he released his highly anticipated second studio album titled: On a spaceship. The album was closely supported by their debut EP, Redemption, released in September 2016.

Burna Boy returned in January 2018 with the release of his third album, Outside, released on the 26th of that month. The album earned him international recognition with outstanding singles such as Ye, Heaven’s Gate, Rock Your Body, Koni Baje, Sekkle Down and Streets Of Africa. The album won Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

Networth
Burna Boy’s success in the music industry gave him the opportunity to monetize his career through royalties, co-branding deals, and concert performances. His net worth is estimated between 20 and 25 million US dollars.

Burna Boy Awards
Currently Burna Boy is one of the most awarded artists in Africa and he has also received a lot of nominations from many awards organization, Burna Boy also became the first Nigeria artist to Win Grammy Award in the category of “Best Global Album”. In 2023 Burna Boy lose the two Grammy Award he was nominated for to south africa Artist.

Burna Boy Girlfriend
arlier 2022, Burna Boy and Stefflon Don are known to be dating after they both post some of their love moment on social media. Though the relationship didn’t last longer but it is one of the best romantic relationship in 2022. According to Stefflon Don, the relationship fail after they both find out that they are not compatible and match.

After some months Burna Boy was seeing steeping out with another Girlfriend which is rumoured to be a Ghanian Singer.

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