Burna Boy emerges the winner of the Best International act category at the 2019 BET Awards.
Meanwhile; Burna Boy and Mr Eazi were nominated alongside South African rapper, AKA, UK acts, Dave and Giggs, and Aya Nakamura and Dosseh from France but Oluwa Burna defeated Anybody to win the Award.
On the Other hand; Teni was nominated alongside Sho Madjodzi from South Africa, Headie One and Octavian from the UK and France’s Jokair and Nesly for the Best new international act category.
The likes of Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, 2Baba and DBanj have won the BET Awards from the past.
We are glad Burna Boy has joined the list of Nigerian artistes that have bagged the Award.
Below is his mother’s acceptance speech:
“Every black person must remember that you were Africans before you became anything else” – A message from Burna to his fans through his Mother 💪👏 #BETAwards2019 #BETAwards
— Seun Akinsanya (@mrboboskie) June 24, 2019