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Burna Boy loses all 7 nominations at BET awards

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, fondly called Burna Boy, has lost all of his seven nominations at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

The event was held at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in the United States on October 3 and broadcast on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

Burna Boy lost the Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and Best Live Performer of the Year categories to American rapper, Kendrick Lamar.

The ‘Last Last’ crooner also lost out on Hustler of the Year to 50Cent and Best Collaboration of the Year for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ with 21 Savage to Lil Durk and J. Cole’s ‘All My Life’.

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His other losses came in the Best Hip Hop Video for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ to Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Just Wanna Rock’, and Song of the Year to the same song.

Meanwhile, Lamar emerged the 2023 BET Awards’ biggest winner, swooping four prizes.

The rapper swept every category he was nominated in, winning hip-hop artist of the year, lyricist of the year, best live performer, and video director of the year, alongside his collaborator Dave Free.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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