Bose Ogulu aka Mama Burna, was a guest on Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s Rubbin’ Minds show, to discuss her superstar son, Burna Boy.
On how she began managing Burna Boy,
Mama Burna explained;
“Burna Boy started in 2010 from Port Harcourt. Even before he took the name, he asked me to manage him. So, I’ve always managed him. It just wasn’t a full-time thing because I was raising kids and had bills to pay. He couldn’t pay me so I had to do my work. I signed the first deal on his behalf; handled most of his bookings. I’ve always been there but I hadn’t been involved in the day-to-day [tasks]”
“I think I went full-time in 2017 because it just became evident that the day-to-day and other things I wasn’t handling were not going as well. Also, I had more time, fewer kids going to school that I had to pay bills for. And his business could evidently grow to pay me. It was a question of, ‘this guy is honestly the most talented person I’ve met in the last decade or more.’
Bose Ogulu is the daughter of famed music critic Benson Idonije, who managed the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti.
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On the Homecoming concert that held in Port Harcourt, Burna Boy’s hometown after his Grammy win
“Money was paid to everyone else but him. Everyone else who came to perform was paid. Because they were honoring him, he wasn’t being paid to be there…
But the facts are very clear, this man was honored because he got the highest award in his field in the world.
He was honored because he brought that award home. Why did he get that award? Because he was making the same music that speaks the truth.
Watch the Rubbin’ Minds interview below
With a Bachelor of Arts in foreign languages and a Masters of Arts in translation from the University of Port Harcourt, Mama Burna had a successful career as a translator for the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce.
