Beninese-American music icon and Grammy Awards winner, Angelique Kidjo, attended Burna Boy’s concert in Paris.
The 60-year-old shared a photo of herself and fellow Grammy winner Burna Boy exchanging hugs backstage on Instagram on Thursday.
Angelique Kidjo said, “Africans In Paris »: glorious concert of @burnaboygram tonight at the @accor_arena.”
Burna Boy has been on a world music tour since October.
The singer was nominated alongside Kidjo at the 2020 Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album which he lost to Kidjo.
Angelique Kidjo however dedicated her win to Burna Boy, she said, “Burna Boy is among those young artistes that come from Africa that is changing the way our continent is perceived and the way that African music is the bedrock of all music.”
She also visited him and his mum after her Grammy win last year.
See her original post below:
