
He launched his music career after returning to Lagos. He then returned to Port Harcourt and took up an year-long internship at Rhythm 93.7 FM. He later studied media technology at the University of Sussex from 2008 to 2009, then studied media communications and culture at Oxford Brookes University from 2009 to 2010. He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara (Ogun State) and relocated to London to further his studies. Ogulu grew up in southern Nigeria and began making his own beats using FruityLoops. His mother Bose Ogulu would later become his manager. His grandfather Benson Idonije once managed Fela Kuti. His father managed a welding company and his mother worked as a translator.

His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut. In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/ Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and performing artist.
