Burna Boy has won the Best International Act category, at the 2019 BET Awards which took place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, United States of America (USA).

Burna Boy who won the Best International Act category at the 2019 BET Awards, was nominated alongside alongside Mr. Eazi (Nigeria); AKA (South Africa); Aya Nakamura (France); Dave (U.K.); Dosseh (France) and Giggs (U.K). His mother who delivered an acceptance speech at the event because the Nigerian music was restless and tensed, told the superstars present to remember that 'every black person should remember they were Africans before anything else'.