{"id":46402,"date":"2021-07-08T15:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=46402"},"modified":"2021-07-08T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:14:34","slug":"i-never-knew-i-would-live-to-celebrate-30-years-singer-burna-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/i-never-knew-i-would-live-to-celebrate-30-years-singer-burna-boy","title":{"rendered":"\u201dI never knew I would live to celebrate 30 years\u201d \u2013 Singer, Burna Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian Grammy award winner, Burna Boy, has revealed he had no hopes of being alive to celebrate his 30th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning musician made this known in an appreciation message to his friends and fans for celebrating him on his 30th birthday via his Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that turning 30 was a big deal for adding that there was a time in his life he was not sure he would turn 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanna thank everyone involved in making my birthday special. This birthday really meant a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I remember a time I wasn\u2019t sure I\u2019d even see age 30. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate everyone who went out of their way to make my day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to every club we went to. Thank you to everyone in Miami who held us down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThank you to everyone back home and all around the world who celebrated me even in my absence. May you all be celebrated the same way. Love you all,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the \u201dOdogwu\u201d coroner recently won the Best International act on the recently concluded BET awards.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers of the Awards took to their official Instagram account to announce nominations for the 2021 awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigerian Grammy award winner, Burna Boy, has revealed he had no hopes of being alive to celebrate his 30th birthday. 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