How I recorded my first song at the age of 13, Burna Boy

GRAMMY-winning Nigerian music act, Burna Boy has opened up on how he recorded his first song at the age of 13.

In a recent chat with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden, the self acclaimed African Giant narrated how he recorded his first song by himself using an old tape recorder.

In his words, “First song I ever recorded was by myself. I recorded down on, you wouldn’t even believe this. I had a tape, a radio and I had a tape recorder, whatever, and I would use the beat from video games and some shit.”

Continuing, he said, “So I used one from NBA Street, Volume II, I think, one from Grand Theft Auto, San Andrea, it was one of the GTAs, one of the early GTAs, I guess. So the first song I actually recorded was with that, playing that beat and then recording and then, yeah, that’s how it went. How old is I, man? I don’t know, man. I can’t remember. Yeah, around 13.”

Burna Boy recently released his eighth studio album, ‘No Sign of Weakness,’ and is set for a world tour by September 2025.