Burna Boy wins Best International Act at #BETAwards; Wizkid & Davido congratulate him (Screenshot)
Nigerian Singer, Burna Boy copped for himself, the Best International Act at the just concluded 2019 BET Awards, which took place at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, USA.
Burna was nominated alongside his colleagues, AKA (South Africa), Aya Nakamura (France), Mr Eazi (Nigeria), Dave (UK), Dosseh (France) and Giggs (UK).
Burna’s mom, who also doubles as his manager, delivered a heartwarming acceptance speech at the event. According to her, Burna Boy was restless and tensed during the show.
The words that hit the most was, ‘every black person should remember they were Africans before anything else’.
Here is a video of the moment his mother was presented with the award on his behalf;
ICYMI: The moment @burnaboy was announced as winner of the @betawards Best International Act #BETAwards. Big love mama Burna ❤️ pic.twitter.com/EPJXlqNkc7
— MTV Base West (@MTVBaseWest) June 24, 2019
I was wondering where burna got it all from
Give it up for mama burna!🖤🔥https://t.co/ZbhtUAOcza— chiefy (@Chiefy__1) June 24, 2019
Wizkid and Davido took to their social media to congratulates Burna Boy as he wins Best International act at BET Awards.
See reaction below:
