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Manny wouldn’t have met his wife if he had quit secular music – Burna Boy

Africa Links 24 with Sunny Green Itodo
Published on 2026-09-05 07:12:00

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy has said his music director, Emmanuel Abiola-Jacobs, better known as Manny or MD, wouldn’t have met his wife if it wasn’t for his (Burna Boy’s) band, The Outsiders.

Speaking at Manny’s wedding at the weekend, Burna Boy hinted that the drummer wanted to quit secular music and return to the gospel music space at some point.

He joked that if he had quit, he would be in the church “clapping hands and praising the sky” and wouldn’t have be enjoying the “good life” he is living right now.

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