Burna Boy Is The "Tallest" Artist In Africa, And His Upcoming Album 'Twice As Tall' Will Prove It!

We all agree that Burna Boy is the ultimate ‘African Giant’ and so much more, right? We've all seen how much success he has achieved with his music not only in Africa, but in Europe and the US as well. The artist with the words 'Omo Naija' (Child of Nigeria) tattooed on his sleeve has never missed an opportunity to showcase his Pan-African beliefs and educate all his fans on what it means to be African.
Having worked with seasoned artists like Lily Allen, Ed Sheeran, Jorja Smith and J Hus, and Beyoncé, Burna Boy stays true to his roots and has indeed revealed that there will be a lot of Pan African themes in his forthcoming album “Twice as tall”


“I don’t really speak one language and I don’t only talk one way. That shows in the music,” he said in a recent interview, referring to the fact that he sings in a mix of Yoruba, Igbo and Pidgin English. Is that to make a political point? “It’s not a statement – it’s just me being who I am.” 

And let’s not forget about the time he clapped back at Coachella for having his name in a very small font on their poster. “I am an AFRICAN GIANT and will not be reduced to whatever that tiny writing means,” he wrote on Instagram. Some may have termed it as rude and arrogant, but here in Africa it’s all love and praise for how he stood up for himself.


“Most of the people from the UK, if not all the black people from the UK, and the people of colour – they all know where they’re from,” he said. “They know exactly where their roots are. Unfortunately, the brothers in the US have been stripped of their whole knowledge of self, so it’s a bit harder for them, you know?”, he said in the same interview with Guardian Magazine. When he collaborated with the US rappers YG and Future, he said, “Bringing my brothers home”, and we all know what that meant.


Now to top it all off, remember in June when he won the BET for Best International Act and said “I’d like to use this opportunity to say that some time around 1835, there was a mission to turn Africa into a dominated nation,” after being congratulated by Naomi Campbell via video link. “Now is the time to overturn that, and go back to the royalty that we were, because, in order for black lives to matter, Africa must matter.”  Burna definitely for the win on that one, and if his previous remarks and outright Pan African-ism doesn’t have you sold, be sure to pay attention to the message in “Twice as tall”.