Check out the popular Nigerian songs that have been sampled by foreign superstars (pictures)

  • Sampling is one of the ways to enhance music creativity as Legit.ng looked into the moments Foreign artists incorporated some Nigerian tunes
  • A few days ago, prominent music magazine Billboard triggered Nigerians with a long list of US songs sampled or Interpolated by Burna Boy
  • The concise list below recounted times American stars like J Cole, Rowland, and many others lifted elements from the multi-genre Nigerian music scene, dating back to the classical era

On May 5, Billboard buzzed Nigerian social media with a list of the 14 foreign songs sampled or interpolated by Grammy Award-winning singer Burna Boy.

The long list revealed Burna Boy sampled Toni Braxton’s He Wasn’t Man Enough on Last Last, Jeremiah’s Birthday Sex on City Boys, and the late Michael Jackson’s Dirty Diana on Monsters You Made.