Nigeria’s first Afro-fusion singer, Burna Boy, has sparked reactions online with comments he recently made in an interview with Interval Presents.

During the interview, one of the presenters noted that Burna Boy’s career only took off after his hit song Ye dropped, which went into the stratosphere with Last Last.

The singer responded that that assumption was correct. He noted that his career growth was stunted for the first seven years because he wasn’t allowed into the U.K.

2016, I was allowed back into the U.K. I knew It was over – Burna Boy bragged

Burna further noted during the interview that the moment he was finally allowed back into the U.K. in 2016, he knew immediately that it was his time to shine.

He noted that after praising God, he just turned around and told his manager, Uncle T, that it was over for everybody else.

Watch Burna Boy’s interview below:

"I went through the stratosphere the minute I got let back into the UK in 2016…"

– Burna Boy pic.twitter.com/r6vQgFzP5p

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) September 1, 2023