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The Nigerian Afrobeat Grammy-award-winning musician, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, aka BurnaBoy, has made history by being the first African artiste to be nominated in the Artiste of the Year category of the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
In this category, Burna Boy will lock horns with superstars like Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, 21 Savage, Drake, and Cardi B among others.
Burna Boy on the whole earned seven other nominations, coming behind Drake who earned nine nominations, as Cardi B and 21 Savage had the most nominations 12 each.
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Burna Boy was also nominated for Song of the Year for the song, ‘Sitting’ On Top Of The World.’
However, no Nigerian rapper could earn a nomination in the Best International Flow category created in 2019, but musicians from Ghana, Zambia and South Africa earned nominations as Black Sherif, Sampa The Great, K O and AKA were nominated in this category.
The 2023 BET HIP-HOP Awards comes up on Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Atlanta.
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