{"id":872102,"date":"2025-09-11T00:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/i-would-have-been-a-fraudster-or-oil-thief-if-not-for-music-burna-boy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T00:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:13:02","slug":"i-would-have-been-a-fraudster-or-oil-thief-if-not-for-music-burna-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/i-would-have-been-a-fraudster-or-oil-thief-if-not-for-music-burna-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"I Would Have Been A Fraudster Or Oil Thief If Not For Music-Burna Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Burna Boy, the Grammy winner, has opened up about what his life could have looked like if he had not pursued music.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-viral video, the \u2018Last Last\u2019 hitmaker was asked what he would be doing outside the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy jokingly listed several alternatives in his response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many options. I could be stealing oil, you know. I could be playing basketball. What else? I could be a fraudster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what I mean? I could have been a suicide bomber. Anything. Even a prostitute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born Damini Ogulu, Burna Boy gained fame after releasing \u2018Like to Party\u2019, the lead single from his debut album \u2018L.I.F.E\u2019 (2013).<\/p>\n<p>Since breaking into the mainstream more than a decade ago, he has established himself as one of Africa\u2019s most successful artistes, known for his genre-blending style and chart-topping albums.<\/p>\n<p>He has released several albums: \u2018L.I.F.E\u2019 (2013), \u2018On a Spaceship\u2019 (2015), \u2018Outside\u2019 (2018), \u2018African Giant\u2019 (2019), \u2018Twice As Tall\u2018 (2020), \u2018Love, Damini\u2018 (2022) and \u2018I Told Them\u2018 (2023).<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy has also won several awards. In 2021, the Afro-fusion artiste won the \u2018Best World Music Album\u2019 category at the Grammy Awards for \u2018Twice As Tall\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the singer released his eighth studio album titled \u2018No Sign of Weakness\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy revealed that the album\u2019s title reflects his resilience in overcoming life\u2019s toughest challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old artiste said despite facing numerous obstacles that could have ended his life or career, he never showed weakness.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9TheCable.ng<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> The Editor<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstweeklymagazine.com\/i-would-have-been-a-fraudster-or-oil-thief-if-not-for-music-burna-boy\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burna Boy, the Grammy winner, has opened up about what his life could have looked like if he had not pursued music. In a now-viral video, the \u2018Last Last\u2019 hitmaker was asked what he would be doing outside the entertainment industry. Burna Boy jokingly listed several alternatives in his response. \u201cThere are many options. I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":872103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69739,2600],"tags":[101798,5346],"class_list":{"0":"post-872102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fraudster","8":"category-would","9":"tag-fraudster","10":"tag-would"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}