Burna Boy has shared that there was a time he felt more Jamaican than Nigerian. The Grammy-winning star spoke about this in a recent interview in London. He said his love for Jamaica started when he was young. His father often played Jamaican music, especially songs by Super Cat.

“Jamaica has always been a part of me—from my dad playing Super Cat and stuff when I was a kid to me ending up in Brixton,” he said. As he grew older and moved to Brixton in the UK, his bond with Jamaican culture became stronger. He was always around Jamaicans and Caribbeans, so he felt like one of them.

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Burna Boy shared that during this time, there were very few Nigerians around him. “Even the Africans that were my guys were not Nigerians. They were Gambians, Ugandans, and Congolese. There were only two Nigerians in my crew,” he said. But when he returned home to Nigeria, he felt fully Nigerian again.

For him, Jamaica is not just about music. He has called the country “home” many times because of how its culture shaped him. He was also in a relationship with British-Jamaican rapper Stefflon Don from 2019 to 2021.

Today, Burna Boy mixes Afrobeats, reggae, and dancehall in his songs. This has made his music loved by fans worldwide. He continues to show that music has no borders. His journey proves that culture can shape an artist in special ways.

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