Nigerian superstars Burna Boy and Wizkd went home with the Best International Act and BET HER Awards respectively at the prestigious 2020 BET awards. Meanwhile, Zimbabwean vocalist Sha Sha has bagged her first international accolade as the Viewers Choice Best New International Act. Burna Boy has become the first African to win the BET award for Best International Act for two years in a row.
Nigerian music star, Burna Boy, has won the 2020 BET Award for Best International Act. The 2020 BET Awards was held virtually at L.A. Live, Los Angeles, U.S. in the early hours of Monday. American comedian, Amanda Seales hosted the Awards.
The event held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was simulcasted via CBS.
Burna Boy, who was nominated alongside Remain the same category, beat the likes of Innoss’B (DR Congo), Sho Madjozi (South Africa), Stormzy (United Kingdom), Dave (United Kingdom), Ninho (France) and S.Pri Noir (France) to claim the highly coveted award. Accepting his award, the African Giant spoke on African development, saying, “Second time and I appreciate it. I will like to use this opportunity to say that sometime around 1835, there was admission to turn the nation of Africa into a dominated nation. Now is the time to return and go back to the royalty that we were because, for black lives to matter, Africa must matter.”
