{"id":115590,"date":"2023-11-01T15:28:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/i-turned-down-5m-dubai-gig-for-smoking-burna-boy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:28:35","slug":"i-turned-down-5m-dubai-gig-for-smoking-burna-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/i-turned-down-5m-dubai-gig-for-smoking-burna-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"I turned down $5m Dubai gig for smoking \u2013 Burna Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Burna-Boy-4.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Burna-Boy (4)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Grammy-winning Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has revealed that he recently turned down a $5 million offer to perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he turned down the offer because he wouldn\u2019t be allowed to smoke weed while in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati law prohibits smoking in parks, beaches and all public recreational areas in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust now I turned down dubai money, 5million dollar na small thing cos me I no dey like to dey go where dem no go gree allow me smoke igbo,\u201d Burna Boy freestyled while rehearsing with his band, Outsiders, in a video making the rounds on social media platform, X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-winning Nigerian musician, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has revealed that he recently turned down a $5 million offer to perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE. 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