I was listening to him overnight - Two Canadian Senators commend Burna Boy

Grammy Award-winning, afrobeats artist, Burna Boy has been applauded by two politicians in the Canadian Senate early this week.

Senators during a hearing the self-acclaimed African Giant appraised the growth of Burna Boy and Nigeria's movie industry, popularly called Nollywood.

Director General West And Central African Bureau Global Affairs Canada, Marcel Lebleu commended the success as a touring artiste after he recently filled the 35,000-capacity iconic, The Bell Centre in Montreal back-to-back, becoming the first African to do so.

Lebleu said, “I don’t know if you know Burna Boy. He is an Afrobeats singer. He was in Montreal three weeks ago, sold out The Bell Centre twice. That’s about 35,000 people.

“He was also in Toronto. We don’t think about the culture industry a lot but this is an important industry. For example, Nollywood.”

On his part, Senator Peter Boehm, Chairman, the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, said: “I was listening to Burna Boy the other night.”

Boehm also confirmed that he is a huge Burna Boy fan on his verified X handle after the video went viral.

He wrote, “Being tall, I continue to enjoy listening to @burnaboy ‘Twice as Tall’ (2020) on my playlist.”