Burna Boy, who plays Amalie Arena, in Tampa, Florida on March 11, 2024. Credit: Photo via Atlantic Records

Last week Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu became the first-ever African act to sell-out Boston’s storied TD Garden.

The 32-year-old also received an official declaration from the city, which named March 2 as “Burna Boy Day.”

The praise and success is well deserved, too. For the last decade-and-a-half, the Nigerian songwriter and producer has been a torchbearer not just for Afrobeats and Afrofusion, but an embodiment of the joy that runs throughout communities made up of people from the African diaspora.

The Grammy-winner arrives in support of his 2024 album, I Told Them…, which features guest spots from a host of others including 21 Savage, RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan and J. Cole.

Tickets to see Burna Boy play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Monday, March 11 are still available and start at $59.50.