Burna Boy opens up on Jamaican heritage

Afrobeats sensation and Grammy award winning singer Burna Boy has opened up on his Jamaican heritage and his connection with the Caribbean culture.

While speaking in an interview with Capital Xtra in London, Burna Boy explained that his exposure to Caribbean music initially came from his father.

He revealed that at a point in his life, he felt more connected to Jamaica than to Nigeria

“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, when almost every Nigerian in the UK was either in school or in Peckham. I ended up in Brixton,” he said.

Burna Boy also stated that during that time, he was not surrounded by Nigerians but by other African cultures.

“So, I considered myself more Jamaican at the time. Simply for the fact that everyone around me was Jamaican and Caribbean. There were minimal Nigerians around me at that time. When I go back home to Nigeria, I’m really a Nigerian. But when I was here, I was Jamaican. Even the Africans who were my guys were not Nigerians. They were Gambians, Ugandans, and Congolese. There were only two Nigerians in my crew”, he said.