Nigerian singer Damini “Burna Boy” Ogulu dropped his much-anticipated new album with J.Cole, titled I Told Them, today.
The internationally acclaimed superstar shared the news on his social media platforms, adding that they also made a magazine issue to go with the album.
On his Instagram, the superstar, who works with his mother as his manager, shared:
“We made a magazine to go with the album. The I Told Them Magazine Issue #001 is available now. Link to purchase in bio. Excited to keep sharing pieces of the process on this account ❤️.”
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On X (formerly Twitter) the Last Last hitmaker shared a few posts on the song and his collaboration with J.Cole. He retweeted a video shared by @MyloLFC of basketball players Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal’s memorable game moments where the players continuous passed the ball to each other to score points for their team, and captioned it:
“Cole and Burna = Shaq and Kobe”?.
Cole and Burna = Shaq and Kobe ? https://t.co/fyvQYYXTmn
— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) August 25, 2023
The On The Low hitmaker then posted that the album was out on X exciting many of his music lovers. He sent out a post written, “I Told Them out Now”.
#ITOLDTHEM Out Now!!! https://t.co/JxahUUE7NZ
— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) August 24, 2023
His fans and music lovers reacted to his post, commenting:
Aahhhhhh burna you cooked in On form ??????
Wetin you put for that song …..my head wan blow ????
— B?? ??m? (@bigtimini) August 25, 2023
I stayed awake for burnaboy’s Abulm and I’m currently listening to I TOLD THEM and I swear to God I don’t regret it
— B?? ??m? (@bigtimini) August 25, 2023
Burna Boy is truly standing out as the best African artist right now. He’s the only one who has dropped a perfect 10/10 album without any skips in the past few years. Others might try to hype their artists but Odogwu’s crafts speak for itself .#ITOLDTHEM ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aMlSb40Y0w
— BLACKO (@BIacksherif_) August 25, 2023
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