Grammy Award-winning singer Burna Boy lost all seven nominations at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards which was held at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in the US, broadcast on Tuesday night.
The 32-year-old lost the Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and Best Live Performer of the Year categories to American rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Burna Boy also lost the Hustler of the Year to rapper and filmmaker 50 Cent and Best Collaboration of the Year for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ featuring 21 Savage to Lil Durk and J. Cole’s ‘All My Life.’
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The singer also failed to take home the award for Best Hip Hop Video for ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ which he lost to rapper Lil Uzi Vert and Song of the Year.
Meanwhile, Ghanaian artiste Black Sherif won the Best International Flow category defeating South Africa’s late AKA and K.O, France’s Gazo and Ninho, UK’s J Hus, Central Cee and others.
