May 14, 2026

Burna Boy wins ‘Best International act’ at 2019 BET Awards

By Damilola A.

Nigeria’s Burna Boy was among the winners announced at the 2019 BET Awards on Sunday.

Burna Boy was nominated alongside Mr Eazi; AKA (South Africa); Aya Nakamura (France); Dave (U.K.); Dosseh (France) and Giggs (U.K). in the ‘Best International act’ category.

Okay.ng understands that the Burna clinched the award which was received by his mother, Bose Ogulu.

She said while receiving the award, “remember you were first an African before any other thing.”

See the full list of winners of awards from all the categories HERE

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