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BURNA BOY x Ozwald Boateng | MET GALA 2025

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Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage - Sittin' on Top of the World 2023

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2019, he won Best International Act at the BET Awards, and was named an Apple Music Up Next artist. He also released his fourth studio album, African Giant, which went on to win Album of the Year at the All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. He was awarded African Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards. Burna Boy released his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, in August 2020. It won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. He again won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards.

Burna Boy's sixth studio album Love, Damini was released in 2022 and became the highest debut of a Nigerian album on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the highest-charting African album in France, the Netherlands and the UK. Burna Boy was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque for his achievements in music. He won his fourth Best International Act at the BET Awards in 2023. He won The Headies Afrobeats Single of the Year category and also the Song of the Year for "Last Last". In support of his album Love, Damini, Burna Boy embarked on a global tour starting in May 2022, with dates in North America, Europe and Africa. On 3 June 2023, he performed in front of a sold-out 60,000 crowd at the London Stadium, becoming the first African artist to headline a stadium tour in the UK. Reacting to this achievement, he first alluded to the album title, saying, "I told them that I'm a genius".

"Sittin' on Top of the World" was released on 1 June 2023 as the lead single from Burna Boy's seventh studio album I Told Them… (2023). Produced by Skread, it contains a sample of "Top of the World" by Brandy featuring Mase. The official remix of the song, featuring Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage, received a nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Burna Boy performed the song at the ceremony alongside Brandy and 21 Savage.

"Sittin' on Top of the World" received a total of 47,3% yes votes.

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Met Gala 2025 After Party

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Chloe Bailey and Burna Boy breakup, Career and Future Tarot Reading

Celebrity Trending Gossip News, Chloe Bailey is a beautiful talented singer & actress but is that enough to succeed in Hollywood. She was recently in Africa with Burna Boy after dating Gunna. Is she building a reputation while looking for LOVE? Let's chat! https://youtu.be/CB9W_rPwcyY

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Burna Boy by Adrian Smith

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Lewis Hamilton at the 2023 Belgian GP in a "custom" Burberry look, strikingly similar to what Barry Keoghan and Burna Boy wore to the Met Gala two months prior. Custom? Sure. Original? Not so much.

Looks like Lewis' stylist is keeping tabs on both, because this wasn’t the last time Lewis "borrowed" one of their looks 😒

Barry at a Burberry show (September 2023) and Lewis at the FIA Gala press conference (December 2023).

Barry at another Burberry show (February 2024) and Lewis at US Open (September 2024). Same outfit head to toe.

Burna Boy (February 2024) and Lewis (March 2024) in the same 3.Paradis look

Guess we know who's on the mood board.

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I don’t care- West Africa wins all the prizes: 90% of yall can go home.

There’s a part of me that does not consider West African fashion ~Dandy. Not because it isn’t but because its normal to me. Because I struggle to associate that word with certain members of my own family. People who are pragmatic and practical and never want to rock the boat or stand out…. But sure enough when we go to ethnic functions, They do in fact look Dandy as fuck. It’s the Uniform and Dress code for how we celebrate each other. And seeing the amazing interpretations and representations of that on the carpet tonight put tears in my eyes for real.

Dynasty Ogun+Soull Ogun- L’ Enchanteur^: The lace caplet and maxi-waist beads are such fun fucking details and these two had jewelry all thru the carpet and in the exhibit. (2025 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners, so fuck yeah here’s hoping for so much more)

Laurie Cumbo +Bobby Digi Olisa

by Adeleke Sijuwade+ Magdy and Kero Maximus* respectively

Ah Yes, Time for my least favorite, yet literally inescapable part of the Met gala!  

"Who is that and why are you photographing this ugly ass dress instead?"  

Some MilkToast Ass A list motherfucker in the foreground And some folks who probably aren't all that famous in the background Absolutely.Killing it and now I have to look at this ugly shit 10,000 times since I have no way of figuring out who the hell they are other than going through every single one of mya hawks pictures Until I get lucky or there’s an aside picture that names everyone cuz they've gotten all their faces Somehow.

Also, Vlisco's gonna have knock offs in every fucking color back on shelves by the end of this month for SURE.

These two (Lauren and Issa) have the honor (?) of being the only ppl (to my knowledge, natch) who aren't Nigerian or First gen Nigerian American on this list (I don't know for sure about Bobby, but im making a guess)

Issa Rae- Ozwald Boateng

This was the last look that i added to my list, i liked her suit on sight last night, but i didnt see anything too special in it. I was more interested in the person behind her tbqh. Then today I caught a better picture of her at the foot of the steps under all the lights, and oops! I was wrong. The sheen in this wax print is beautiful- I've seen it giving Green, Black and Brown thus far based on the lighting, and I can say from experience that seeing this suit irl is 20x better cuz this kind of wax doesnt ever photograph in a way that does it justice. I almost feel bad for anyone who got too drunk and saw this under any kind of twinkling light cuz i'm sure it made them dizzy

Burna Boy- Ozwald Boateng:

Drop Dead Gorgeous and quintessentially exactly how we do what We DO. And simple with it while having plenty of the personal details that make you feel good to be wearing bespoke. Tailored for the Gods. Look Closer

Tems- Ozwald Boateng:

Gaaatttdamn COME 👏🏿THRU👏🏿 WEST👏🏿 AF👏🏿RI👏🏿CA 👏🏿I got the tiniest peep of the blue behind Issa Rae early in the night and I was like, I"wonder who that could be".... And now, I am FEASTING. Tems is doing an amazing thing that mixes up the kind of bespoke party gowns that west African women wear with suiting. The dress is a suit dress, a vest specifically w. A shirt beneath. The fabric is ankara- 100% cotton used for casual wear or reinforced for suits instead of the usual satin  or lace george, tafettas and beaded bedazzled, embroidered netting that you usually see. The Color also just slaps.

I dont know if I have it in me to metrics, but based at least on my rather large list of notable fits, Ozwald Boateng dressed the most people at the party last night, Burberry would be the other contender. And for all that his work is truly pure mens tailoring, its utterly delightful to see how each suit is noticably different in cut and style 😍😍😍

Also! The pattern of the fabric in Tems' bodice and skirt is identical to the one of Issa’s suit! 

This (Tems) is woven in wholly matte fabric, while Issa’s is woven in multiple colors and sheens of thread, so in person its kinda shifty- like a more subtle duochrome or like how your white friends eyes change color in different lighting.

Ayo Edebiri- Ferregamo:

African Dandy connected to western formal in gloriously sharp tailoring and accents that scream of looking thru the vlisco fashion catalog and creating something to turn heads with your tailor. Magnificent. There's also more. 

Shaboozy- Robbery Wun + Swarovski:

i actively stop being clinically depressed everytime I look at this garment. THOSE BEADS! The shine in the fabric is sublime and the femininity of the silhouette+ the masculinity of the wearer is the kind of gender play that is SORELY lacking in west African culture. For the Met Gala it’s stunning, but for the culture is Actively so damn brave, that it stops me in my tracks. Second place over all in my night, but I wanted to talk about him here with the rest of the fam.

Category winner: John Imah in Sergio Hudson

When I glimpsed somebody in the wings wearing what looked like in a whole ass lavender agbada, with a flash of some kinda red... neck... something? I straight up screamed, and as soon as this man walked into view, I was no longer watching a livestream because I kept rewinding to go back and stare at his 3.5 seconds of screentime. I dont quite have words for the way this look makes me feel, the embroidered detail on the coat itself is STUNNING, and the tailoring is beyond reproach. The cut of the lapel, and in fact that embroidery are reminiscent of an agbada, the white tie of west african (or at least for sure Nigerian) formal menswear, and those coral beads have a few different types of cultural significance, but all of them are connected to ceremony and import. Wedding day, Graduation, coming of age type things.

This is everything the met gala asked for, everything the girlies want to see, and full of such a deep respect for the event and the culture(s) that its speaking to…. Ugh….. I cant, Its simply Every Thing.

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Burna Boy at the 2025 Met Gala

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Robert Wun custom 1 of 1 for Burna boy.