Nigerian Afro beat music superstars Wizkid and Burna Boy have emerged winners at the 20th BET Awards. The awards, which was held virtually, due to the covid-19 pandemic at L. A. Live, Los Angels, U.S. on Monday, June 29, 2020 was simulcasted via CBS.
The 2020 edition of BET (Black Entertainment Televsion) Awards event was to mark 20 years of the Award event celebrating Black Americans as well as American minorities in entertainment and sports.
Hosted by Amanda Seales, Wizkid’s feature on Beyonce’s ‘Brown Skin Girl’ track won him the “BET HER Award” category, making history as the African artiste with the most BET awards win. Burna Boy also emerged winner in the Best International Act. In his acceptance speech, Burna Boy said, “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 in order for black lives to matter, Africa must matter”
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