How I Permanently Damaged My Hand Because of Fight - Burna Boy

One of the many reasons people are advised to avoid fighting and violence is because it can sometimes lead to injuries or damages that can last a lifetime. During a new interview with Complex, Nigerian singer Burna Boy is opening up about how he is hand is now messed up forever because of a fight he got into. Here is what Burna Boy had to say about the whole thing.

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During his interview, Burna Boy was asked "What happened to your hand. Is it okay now or is it still messed up?" to which he responded:

BURNA BOY: It's messed up forever. How do you know this?! It happened when I had grown up - I wouldn't say grown up, but I wasn't a kid - I was like in my teenage years and I did used to fight a bit.

"Defending yourself?"

BURNA BOY: Uhhh, nah. I can't just come out and lie because there were real people that were really there.

"Did you ever lose a fight, or were you undefeated?"

BURNA BOY: No, I did. Of course I lost. Only once I can really remember. I remember I was winning, until I got hit. And it's like all I remember is waking up. It's not even like I got put out, it wasn't even his punch. The thing is that he hit me and then I hit my head on something - it was a bunk bed, that I hit my head on.

"You kinda briefly spoke about [the hand injury] on your last album, didn't you? 'Glory'?"

BURNA BOY: Oh shit, yeah. I wasn't expecting you to get it. A lot of people still don't get it, which is good for me.

"You spoke about your time when you were away somewhere and you had a little altercation, and somebody came off of a landing unto another. Was that the specific fight [that caused the hand injury]?"

BURNA BOY: Yeah, that's actually the one.

For reference, the fight Burna Boy is referring to is the one he sang about in his song "Glory" where he said:

I remember when they shipped me from the cans

To Chelmsford HMP and my celly had it bad

So I had to have his back, niggas started fightin'

Then they cut me on my hand

So I grabbed one from the back and I flung him off the landing

You know the screws get extra ruthless when you're Black

Layin' on my back, now the block's feelin' mad

Now I'm in a lab tryna do the best I can

It was during that fight that Burna Boy messed up his hand forever.

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