I Once Felt More Jamaican Than Nigerian – Burna Boy 

Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy has revealed that he once felt a deeper connection to Jamaican culture than to his Nigerian heritage.

Speaking in a recent interview with Capital Xtra in London, the Afrofusion star explained that his time spent in Brixton, UK, immersed in Jamaican and Caribbean influences, significantly shaped his sense of identity.

Burna Boy recalled that his early exposure to Jamaican music came from his father, who often played reggae legends like Super Cat. This, coupled with his later experiences in Brixton, deepened his affinity for Jamaican culture.

“Jamaica has always been a part of me — from my dad playing Super Cat and stuff when I was a kid to me ending up in Brixton, when almost every Nigerian in the UK was either in school or in Peckham. I ended up in Brixton.

“So, I considered myself more Jamaican at the time simply for the fact that everyone around me was Jamaican and Caribbean. There were minimal Nigerians around me at that time. When I go back home to Nigeria, I’m really a Nigerian. But when I was here, I was Jamaican. Even the Africans who were my guys were not Nigerians. They were Gambians, Ugandans, and Congolese. There were only two Nigerians in my crew”, he said.