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    5 Times that Burna Boy has featured on South African songs

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    • Five different South African features have Burna Boy delivered.

    • 5 South African songs Burna Boy have been featured on

    5 Times that Burna Boy has featured on South African songs
    5 times that Burna Boy has featured on South African songs

    Burna Boy has always been big on pan-African collaborations with him appearing on South African songs.

    From the beginning of his career to the present, Burna Boy has consistently reached across genres and eras for his musical partners, making him one of Nigeria’s kings of music collaboration.

    Over the years Nigerian and South African artists have always made it a norm to collaborate on music and Burna Boy is one of the choices for the Southy folk.

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    All Eyes on Me

    All Eyes on Me

    Prior to expanding his reach internationally, Burna Boy worked with a number of South African artists who saw in Burna a hitmaker.

    Around 2014, Burna Boy developed a reputation as a master of anthemic hooks, and “All Eyez On Me” continues the Summer rap tradition with powerful but approachable bars, an infectious tune, and an upbeat sound. Burna Boy established his position as Africa’s versatile monarch, at home wherever, when he dropped that hook for Eyes.

    Jerusalema remix

    Master KG – Jerusalema (Remix) ft. Burna Boy, Nomcebo Zikode
    Master KG – Jerusalema (Remix) ft. Burna Boy, Nomcebo Zikode

    Master KG scored two huge singles in Nigeria with “Skeleton Dance” and subsequently “Jerusalema.” We were moved by the philosophical perspective in KG’s music and the healing qualities of the House production in our homes, on dance floors, and even in our headphones.

    Burna Boy, who is never one to pass up an excellent tune, got on the “Jerusalama” remix. When the song was released, South Africans and Nigerians both fell in love with it.

    The song even cleared Burna’s name in SA, where he had previously been into a political altercation with some citizens of the country.

    Baddest

    5 Times that Burna Boy has featured on South African songs
    Baddest

    In 2015, shortly after shutting down the internet with a diss track at his fellow rappers, AKA released a collaboration featuring Burna boy, Khuli Chana & Yanga. Everyone on the track delivered mostly African Giant despite is short verse.

    Sponono

    DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small – Sponono ft. Wizkid, Burna Boy, Cassper Nyovest
    DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small – Sponono ft. Wizkid, Burna Boy, Cassper Nyovest

    Amapiano is currently regarded as one of the most profitable African sounds, and Kabza De Small is one of its pioneers.

    In 2020, he released the album I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet And Dust, which features musicians from all around Africa and is a multi-hour listen deemed a “creative landmark” by music critic Ayo Dennis Peter.

    The catchy smash tune “Sponono” combines the talents of Cassper Nyovest and Madumane from South Africa with Wizkid and Burna Boy from Nigeria.

    Given Burna Boy’s renown for versatility, it makes sense that he fit into this record perfectly and was arguably the best feature.

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    Doc Shebeleza (Remix)

    5 Times that Burna Boy has featured on South African songs
    Doc Shebeleza (Remix)

    Rapper Cassper Nyovest from South Africa had one of the most popular songs on the continent around 2014. He would previously collaborate with famed American MC Talib Kweli on another remix, but he could not help but include two of Nigeria’s sickest rappers with the flows, didn’t he?

    M.I. and Burna Boy both contributed to the remix, with Burna Boy contributing the most, which is impressive given that he is not actually a rapper.