Burna Boy Mourns Virgil Abloh’s Death – “He Was Supposed To Be The Creative Director Of My Next Album”

Burna Boy Mourns Virgil Abloh’s Death – “He Was Supposed To Be The Creative Director Of My Next Album”

On the 28th of November, Abloh’s death was confirmed in a post on his IG account.

He reportedly battled privately, cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer for two years until he gave up the ghost.

Burna Boy took to his IG page to express his sorrow over Abloh’s death. With the picture, he shared on his story, Burna boy shared that he can’t believe Abloh is gone.

He wrote that they spent hours on the phone talking about his next album and he was supposed to be the creative director.

Burna also revealed that he had no idea he was sick, in his own words, ‘he seemed so full of life’

Until his death, Abloh was the founder of Off White, an Italian luxury fashion label and was the first African American to head a prominent luxury French fashion house. He was also the Men’s Wear artistic director for Louis Vuitton.