Nigerian superstar Burn Boy has described his performance at the NBA All-Star game in Utah as a dream come true for him.
Burna formed part of the match as he took to the stage together with the likes of Tems and Rema.
The trio was out at Sunday’s NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City where there were basketball legends such as LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
According to CNN, the three artists performed an Afrobeats-packed halftime show, a sign that the genre’s global rise is continuing into 2023.
The Grammy Award winner was the first to perform, telling the crowd, “I’m about to take you on a journey through Africa without even going on a plane.”
For Tems, it caps off a whirlwind month, as she recently made history by being the first Nigerian artist to get an Oscar nomination, for her work on Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” – a song from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
She also won her first Grammy early this month for her collaboration with Drake and Future on “Wait For U.”
Meanwhile, musician, rapper, and singer Rema is enjoying chart-topping success with his hit “Calm Down,” featuring Selena Gomez.
“Nigeria is a football-dominated, soccer-dominated country,” Burna Boy said in a video posted on Monday by the NBA All-Star Twitter account.
“But at the same time, we still have some of the best basketball players from here.
“This is a dream. This is amazing. I had dreams of playing in the NBA as a kid, but you know, I got to perform at the NBA [All-Star game], so I guess I made it either way.”
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