Billboard Names Burna Boy's Mum On the International Power Players List

Burna Boy and  Mum Bose Ogulu (photo credit - instagram) 

By Kosiso

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Popularly known as Mama Burna, Bose Ogulu has been named as one of the International Power Players for 2021 by Billboard. 

Mama Burna is very well known to be instrumental to her son’s musical success. She manages Burna Boy and is also the co-owner of the Spaceship Collective, a record label she co-owns with her son, Burna Boy. 

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Amongst the reasons why Billboard named her in this list includes the fact that she co produced Burna Boy’s Grammy winning album, Twice as Tall. 

Below is an excerpt on her as written by Billboard; 

"Amid the pandemic, Ogulu co-executive-produced, released and promoted the Twice As Tall album from Nigeria’s breakout global star Burna Boy (aka her son, Damini Ogulu).

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"He is signed to Bad Habit/Atlantic in the United States and Warner Music International for territories outside of Africa.

"Twice As Tall won best global music album at this year’s Grammy Awards. Bose has set up a publishing company through Spaceship Collective to enable Africans to own their own catalogs “so that the authenticity of our stories, our glory, our culture is sustained,” she says, “and we are empowered.”

Mama Burna caught the hearts of many after her 2019 BET Awards acceptance speech which she made on behalf of her son, Burna Boy. 

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