Burna Boy has joined the select list of celebrities with custom-designed Beats By Dre headphones.
And we believe, the partnership is in honour of the Afrofusion singer’s mint 4th studio album, African Giant, which dropped Friday.
We found The Burna’s design to be in keeping with the Afro-futuristic theme of his latest album.
For Burna Boy’s custom piece, the matte black headphones were decorated with dangling gold cowrie shells – a symbol of wealth and status befitting an African Giant – kidding. But joking apart, cowry shells were the medium of exchange before the colonial time, so yes to the wealth status. See this informative easy-to-read article on shell money if you would like to know more.

Chelsea, lead designer for the Beats design shared the custom earphone on Twitter, writing:
“Hey y’all ,
“I got the opportunity to work with @AtlanticRecords and @beatsbydre to create this one of a kind custom headphones for @burnaboy, inspired by his #AfricanGiantAlbum It’s always a pleasure working for my favorite artist.”




