<p><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/burna-boy-sia-hey-boy-remix/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Read: Burna Boy Features On Sia's New 'Hey Boy' Remix</em></strong></a></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>"Destiny" comes off Burna Boy's Grammy-nominated album <em><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/listen-stream-burna-boy-new-album-african-giant/" target="_blank">African Giant</a> </em>which dropped in 2019. The Afrobeats star is one artist who's certainly vocal on political issues. He <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/burna-boy-new-single-20-10-20/" target="_blank">released a single in October</a> of last year denouncing the Nigerian government's violent mishandling of the <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/endsars-how-you-can-help/" target="_blank">#EndSARS protests against police brutality</a>. </p><p>According to <strong><em>The Insider</em></strong>, the Presidential Inaugural Committee <a href="https://www.insider.com/joe-biden-kamala-harris-inauguration-playlist-music-song-list-2021-1" target="_blank">selected tracks that are empowering and celebrate diversity</a>. The playlist ranges across genres over the decades and has included the likes of <strong>Beyonce</strong>,<strong> SZA</strong>, <strong>Dua Lipa</strong>, <strong>Bob Marley </strong>and<strong> The Wailers</strong>, <strong>Stevie Wonder</strong> and more. Biden and Harris will reportedly each have <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joe-biden-kamala-harris-inauguration-playlist-springsteen-mary-j-blige-1115096/" target="_blank">different walk-on songs</a> with Biden walking to <strong>Bruce Springsteen</strong>'s "We Take Care of Our Own" while Harris walks to <strong>Mary J. Blige</strong>'s "Work That".</p><p>The Nigerian heavyweight blasted into the year with a <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/burna-boy-seth-meyers-live/" target="_blank">performance of "Way Too Big"</a> on popular US talk show <em>Late Night with </em><em>Seth Meyers. "</em>Way Too Big"<em> </em>comes off of Burna Boy's latest album<em> Twice As Tall</em> which r<a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/grammy-awards-burna-boy-tinariewn-michael-kiwanuka/" target="_blank">eceived a 2021 Grammy nomination</a> under the new "Best Global Music Album" category.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</script></p><p>Listen to the Biden-Harris Inauguration Playlist on <strong>Apple Music</strong>:</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *" frameborder="0" height="450" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/raedio-presents-biden-harris-2021-inauguration-playlist/pl.7132431700f346008f1245b2d56a2cd3" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;"></iframe></div><p>Listen to the Biden-Harris Inauguration Playlist on <strong>Spotify</strong>: </p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A2xvItYBGEkuvFTDASiAO5P" width="300"></iframe></div>
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