Burna Boy Last Last Royalties: Why Toni Braxton Takes 60% and Fans Are Talking

Burna Boy just explained music money in one honest line, and it has Nigerians talking about sampling again.

What Burna Boy said

The Grammy winner revealed that American R&B legend Toni Braxton gets 60% of the streaming royalties from "Last Last".

He said it casually on the American podcast Million Dollaz Worth of Game hosted by Gillie Da King and Wallo267, in an interview that aired on Sunday, November 2, 2026 but is going viral now.

His exact words from the podcast clip, as reported by Guardian Life and DancehallMag:

"But she is taking 60 per cent of it. I'm not complaining. Hopefully, she even comes out to one of the shows."

He later clarified on another show Shopping for Sneakers that the 60% is for streaming royalties only, not every single kobo the song makes from shows, syncs, or other uses.

And he said even with that big cut, "Last Last" has made him more money than any other song in his career at that point.

From his official page @burnaboygram, he has always credited the sample, and he repeated that using it was his own idea.

Why the song links to Toni Braxton's old hit

"Last Last" is not an original beat from scratch. It is built on a sample of Toni Braxton's 2000 hit "He Wasn't Man Enough" from her album The Heat. That song was produced by Rodney Jerkins and peaked at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100.

Burna Boy told the hosts: "It was actually my idea, to be honest. I just always wanted to use that sample and I knew Chopstix could do something crazy with it."

So Nigerian producer Chopstix replayed and flipped the famous strings and vocal hook, but the original songwriters and publishers of Braxton's song must be cleared and paid. That clearance is what gave Braxton and her team the big share.

"Last Last" came out May 2022 as the lead single off his sixth album Love, Damini (July 2022). It became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry as lead artist and one of the biggest break-up anthems in Afrobeats.

What this shows about sampling deals

In simple terms: if you borrow a big part of an old hit, the original owners take a big part of the new money.

This is called a sample clearance. Before you release, you agree how to split the royalties. If the sample is the main hook, like in "Last Last", the original artist can take 50-85%. Burna's 60% to Braxton is actually normal.

It shows three things:
1. Sampling is not free. You pay with percentage, not just one-time cash.
2. A hit can still be worth it. Even with 60% gone, Burna said it paid him more than any other song because the song blew up worldwide.
3. Credits matter. Because he cleared it properly, there is no lawsuit, just a business deal.

For young Nigerian artists, the lesson is: clear your samples early, keep the business words simple, and don't fear giving a big cut if the song will be massive.