Watch Burna Boy's Mellowed-Out 'Tiny Desk' Concert
Watch the 'African Giant' run through some of his hits like 'Gbona,' 'Ye' and more for NPR's Tiny Desk concert series.
Burna Boyis the latest artist to grace NPR's famous Tiny Desk.
The Nigerian "afrofusion" star took to the set for a mellowed out performance of four of his biggest tracks. Getting straight to business, the artist opened his set with a toned down rendition of his single "Gbona" before heading into the socially-aware "Wetin Man Go Do." It's much calmer of a performance than we're used to seeing from the artist.
Next he performs a funky version of "Dangote," before rounding his set out with his magnum opus of sorts "Ye." He's backed by the band The Outsiders and vocalist Christina Matovu throughout.
Burna Boy has had a stellar year, releasing his seminal album African Giant, performing at Coachella and winning several awards—including 'Best African Act' at the BET Awards—in the process.
Check out his full Tiny Desk performance below, and revisit a recent Tiny Desk performance from British-Nigerian rapper Davefrom last week and check out Burna Boy's okay acoustics performance of 'Anybody' from August.
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