{"id":646864,"date":"2019-06-28T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n\n<p>Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has said he is not \u2018crazy\u2019 about receiving awards.<\/p>\n<p>Burna boy said this Monday morning while reacting to his win as \u2018Best International Act\u2019 at the 2019 BET awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On hi"},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:22:26","slug":"burna-boy-reacts-after-beating-aka-mr-eazi-to-2019-bet-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/burna-boy-reacts-after-beating-aka-mr-eazi-to-2019-bet-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Burna boy reacts after beating Aka, Mr Eazi to 2019 BET award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has said he is not \u2018crazy\u2019 about receiving awards.<\/p>\n<p>Burna boy said this Monday morning while reacting to his win as \u2018Best International Act\u2019 at the 2019 BET awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On his Instagram page, he wrote: \u201cThank you BET awards Thank you, Africa and everyone, that has been supporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not crazy on awards but this one means a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial S\/O To my brothers @officialgiggs @mreazi @Santandave1 @akaworldwide &amp; @DossehLaFamine and to the Talented @TeniEntertainer and superstar @AyaNakamuraa<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all winners doing our bit to make our music heard worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian pop star beat the likes of AKA, Mr Eazi to emerge the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Burna Boy\u2019s mother, Bose Ogulu wowed the crowd following her acceptance speech at the BET Awards on Monday.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-690986\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/burna-mum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"992\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Ogulu received her son\u2019s award for \u2018Best International Act\u2019 and thereafter reminded the African-Americans to keep Africa in mind.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cThank you BET, Thank you Africa because that\u2019s the constituency for which we got noticed in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message from Burna, I believe will be that every black person should please remember that you were Africans before you became anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speech earned her a standing ovation and viral reactions on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"af1a8af8a5e53a828bea6cce-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=420332301344305&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script type=\"af1a8af8a5e53a828bea6cce-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=181005951975036&autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has said he is not \u2018crazy\u2019 about receiving awards. 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