African Giant: Ye, Killin Dem, Gbona and Other Top Songs of Grammy Award-Winning Artiste Burna Boy

African Giant: Ye, Killin Dem, Gbona and Other Top Songs of Grammy Award-Winning Artiste Burna Boy

Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, is a hitmaker and right from inception, his loyal fans had always known that there was more to come.

As the years went by, his music grew, as well as his penchant for dropping club raving bangers and street anthems.

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Legit.ng has put together 10 songs from Burna Boy that are guaranteed not to fade away from the music scene any time soon.

African giant: Ye, Killin Dem, Gbona and other top songs of Grammy award winning artiste Burna Boy
Burna Boy is the African giant Photo credit: @burnaboygram
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1. Ye

Burna Boy dropped this song for the streets, you can't tell us otherwise. From the moment it dropped, even the singer knew he made a masterpiece

Ye topped charts in 2018 and three years later, people are still jamming to it.

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2. Killin Dem

Burna featured Zlatan on this piece in 2019, and it was complete madness. This was and is still a proper joint in clubs and parties.

3. On the low

Burna Boy could have sworn that this song did not show his romantic side, but we know better.

This song was on his fourth studio album that dropped in 2019 and what got people on to it was the lyrics and the crisp video that he released for it.

4. Yawa Dey

This 2013 song was one of the tunes on the singer's debut album, it was one of the pieces that prepared people for the greatness that was to come.

The lyrics also made it a street anthem for a long time.

5. Gbona

This was also a 2019 banger and it started the slang 'gbedu don enter body'. It is a slow, soft tune and without doubt, still one of the people's favourites.

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6. Anybody

Another street anthem specifically telling people how to deal with anyone who messes or tries to mess with them.

This was also on his fourth studio album, African Giant which dropped in 2019.

7. Odogwu

Odogwu is an ancient Igbo title given to Igbo men who have done great things and Burna Boy definitely thinks he is one.

Well, there is no dragging with him, he is, after all, the African giant.

8. Wonderful

This upbeat Afrobeat tune was released in 2020 and was widely accepted by fans with joy seeing as the pandemic was still doing numbers around the world.

The video was African-themed and Burna again exerted his dominance.

9. 23

This was one of the songs on the album Twice as Tall which won him his first-ever Grammy award.

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The song celebrates diversity and almost every song off the TAT album is a hit.

10. Monsters you made

This is one tune that will go down in history as one of the best to ever come out of a Nigerian artiste.

It was also on the Twice as Tall album and a lot of Nigerian youths still resonate with it because the lyrics made more sense during the EndSARS period in 2020.

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Burna's mum and her dance skills

Burna Boy's mother is not only his manager but also his biggest fan as she always represents him on all fronts.

In a series of videos Bose shared via her Instagram story channel, she was seen with a group of women vibing to different songs that her son has under his belt.

The talent manager happily showed off her dance moves as the songs changed and even had a little face-off with one of the older women present.

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Maymunah Ajetunmobi (Entertainment Deputy HOD) Maymunah Ajetunmobi is a journalist and the deputy HOD of the entertainment desk with over two years of work experience at Legit.ng. She graduated from the University of Ilorin in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Zoology and has moved on to pursue courses and a degree in communication. Maymunah joined Legit.ng in 2020, and emerged Editor with Top Entertainment Article in 2021. She has written exclusive articles, unique pieces, and interviews. Email: ajetunmobi.maymunah@corp.legit.ng