Nigeria’s music sensation, Burna Boy has been billed to perform at the pre-show of the 2021 Grammy Awards scheduled for Sunday, March 14, 2021.
Born Damini Ogulu, Burna Boy, who has also been nominated for an award, will be performing at the pre-show alongside Lido Pimienta, Poppy, Rufus Wainwright, and more, while Jhené Aiko will host the event.
While announcing this on March 2, the organisers said: “All of the premiere ceremony performers and the host are nominated this year, as are most of the presenters.”
Burna Boy’s 2020 album, ‘Twice As Tall’ was nominated in the ‘Best Global Music Category’ for this year’s Grammys alongside Tuareg desert rock group Tinariwen; NYC Afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto, and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar. The 2021 nomination is Burn Boy’s second nomination for the Grammys.
