I turned down $5m Dubai-gig because I won’t be allowed to smoke weed – singer Burna Boy reveals

Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has revealed that he recently turned down a $5 million offer to perform in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE.

According to the African Giant, he turned down the offer because he wouldn’t be allowed to smoke weed while in Dubai.

Emirati law prohibits smoking in parks, beaches and all public recreational areas in Dubai.

“Just now I turned down dubai money, 5million dollar na small thing cos me I no dey like to dey go where dem no go gree allow me smoke igbo,” Burna Boy freestyled while rehearsing with his band, Outsiders, in a video making the rounds on social media platform, X.