Nigerian artist Mr Deszy has released a new single “Kere”
The song is a groovy sound inspired by Davido, Asake, Adekunle Gold and other Afrobeats heavyweights.
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“Wizkid, Asake and Shallipopi Inspire Me”- Slay Papa
As part of our About to Blow series we will be highlighting talented creatives in our Afrobeats Head community who are igniting the scene and poised for stardom.
For the first edition I spoke to Slay Papa, an artist who’s childhood dream as a devout Catholic was to become a priest but by divine intervention ended up studying Theater Arts at the University of Benin.
“My secondary school was a minor seminary,” he tells me over the phone.
“I believed it was Gods plan for me but I wrote a letter to a letter to Claritians about attending a major seminary after secondary school and they never got back to me. Then I became anxious about getting into university.
“During Benediction, whenever the monstrance was raised I would pray to God to help me get into university if it was his will. And if not, let me get into a major seminary.
A real lover boy, the Ibadan-native got his stage name thanks to his popularity with the girls in a neighboring secondary school.
“My friend Clement TYB and I used to pay 300 Naira record love songs at a studio close to our school and sent them to the girls in another school. I had a lot of female friends on Facebook so my friends called me Slay King and later I became Slay Papa
His dilemma meant that he was the last of his classmates to register for the UME exams but was surprisingly the first to be accepted into the university.
While in school his music took a back seat and until he graduated in 2024 when he released his song “Sport” inspired by Asake’s “Skating” off his Lungu Boy album
“I wrote it on a trip to Abeokuta. My friend Jumabee invited me and I just spent a lot of time checking out beats on YouTube till I found the perfect one.
“It’s a reminder to myself that I need to keep moving forward in life. I can’t be stagnant. Just like Asake in “Skating”
Slay Papa and Jumabee are also working on a new song to be released “soon”
Slay Papa’s Top Three:
- Influences: Wizkid, Asake and Shallipopi
- Dream collaborations: Wizkid, Asake and Shallipopi
- Dream venues to perform in: The 02, The Royal Albert Hall and The Wembley Stadium
Slay Papa and is confident that his music will change his life
“My greatest wish is for my music to take me around the world.”
He also has a mantra which he lives by and emphasizes on all his songs.
Before we end the call he makes me promise to include it my article.
“Slay Papa never dies.”
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Asake Debuts on the Official French Singles Chart (SNEP) with “Badman Gangsta” Featuring Tiakola
Asake’s latest single “Badman Gangsta” has debuted at number 41 on the Official French Singles Chart known as Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique (SNEP)
He released the song as a surprise drop on July 24th.
The song is Asake’s first collaboration with French rapper Tiakola who was also featured on Wizkid’s “Après Minuit” off his 2024 album Morayo
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Asake pays tribute to 2Pac for Halloween
Afrobeats artist Asake paid tribute to late American rapper, 2 Pac for Halloween.
The “Terminator” singer recreated a picture of the late rapper sitting on a basketball hoop in posted on his Instagram Story on Friday.
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He went shirtless while sporting a pair of brown joggers and added the rapper’s most popular accessory, a bandana.
The pictures Asake recreated are from a campaign for clothing company Karl Kani Harlem.
They were shot in 1994 after the rapper’s role in the Basketball/HipHop movie “Above the Rim”
South African singer, Tyla similarly tuned to American pop culture for inspiration when it came to picking their 2024 Halloween costumes.
Tyla channeled Halle Berry’s character in the Simpsons as she showed off her figure in an animal print two piece.
While Uncle Waffles wowed fans with her transformation into Jim Carrey’s character in the classic movie, The Mask.
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Burna Boy, Rema, Asake, Tyla and others score nominations at the 2024 Brit Awards
Burna Boy, Rema, Asake , Tyla and other African artists scored nominations in different categories at the 2024 Brit Awards.
Grammy winner Burna Boy and first-time Grammy nominee Asake, are up for the International Artist of the Year Award.
Other big names in the category include Taylor Swift, Sza, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Kylie Minogue.
As for the Prince of Afrobeats, Rema, he’ll be hoping to beat mega stars like Billie Eilish, Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo to win the Song of the Year award for his global hit “Calm Down”
He’ll also be up against relatively new cats Tyla and Libianca.
21-year-old South African Tyla, was unsurprisingly nominated for her global hit “Water” while Libianca was nominated for, you guessed it “People”
While the British rapper Little Simz clenched three nods at this year’s edition of the UK’s biggest music award: Artist of the Year, Grime/Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the year and Album of the Year for her album “No Thank You”,
The 2024 Brits Awards will air on Sat 2 March on ITV1 and ITVX.
Dua Lipa, who’s nominated in three categories, is the only artist who’s so far been has been confirmed to perform at the event .
In the same vein, a host for the has not been announced for the ceremony which was anchored by Mo Gillian hosted in 2023, with Jack Whitehall in 2022.