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Obongjayar
Steven Umoh, better known by his stage name Obongjayar, is a Nigerian singer based in London, England. After releasing several EPs, his debut studio album, ''Some Nights I Dream of Doors'', was released in 2022, followed by ''Paradise Now'' in 2025. Early life Steven Umoh grew up in Calabar, Nigeria. He was raised by his grandmother; his mother had moved to the UK to escape Umoh's father, who was abusive. Early in his life, Umoh primarily listened to bootleg rap, particularly Eminem, Usher, Nelly, Snoop Dogg and Ciara. Umoh moved to live with his mother in England at the age of 17, but stayed active in the Nigerian music scene. He grew up a devoutly religious Christian, but became less so after he attended university in Norwich. In college, he sang primarily in an American accent, influenced by his childhood spent listening to American hip hop music, but he reverted to singing in his natural Nigerian-British accent before embarking on his professional career. Career Obong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adore U
"Adore U" is a song by British producer Fred Again (Fred Gibson) and London-based Nigerian musician Obongjayar (Steven Umoh). It was released on 11 August 2023 through Warner Music UK and Atlantic as the lead single of Gibson's fourth studio album, '' Ten Days'' (2024). Background and promotion Gibson debuted the song live as part of his Glastonbury Festival set on 23 June 2023. On 4 August, the duo first teased the track through a clip they shared on their social media. It shows Gibson accompanying Umoh on the keyboard while the latter lends his vocals to the song. Gibson commented the setting, saying that it "felt magical" hearing "this beautiful man sing". Gibson and Umoh later performed the song at Lollapalooza Lollapalooza () is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park (Chicago), Grant Park in Chicago. It originally started as a touring event in 1991, with Chicago becoming its permanent location beginning in 2005. Music genres i ... in Chicago tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Know What I'm Sayin?
''U Know What I'm Sayin?'' (stylized as ''uknowhatimsayin¿'') is the fifth studio album by American rapper Danny Brown. It was released on October 4, 2019, by Warp Records. The album features guest appearances from Run the Jewels, Obongjayar, JPEGMafia and Blood Orange. Executive produced by Q-Tip, with contributions by Paul White, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Standing on the Corner and JPEGMafia, the album received widespread critical acclaim, appearing on several publications' year-end lists. Background On November 1, 2017, Danny Brown revealed he was working on a follow-up effort to '' Atrocity Exhibition'', telling ''Complex'' that the album was "being produced by one producer, who's legendary in hip-hop. And it's gonna be a big deal". Q-Tip, famous for being the main producer for New York hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, revealed his involvement with Brown's album during a guest appearance on Elton John's ''Rocket Hour'' show on Beats 1 radio on March 21, 2019. Brown initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
''Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'' is the fourth studio album by English rapper Little Simz. It was released on 3 September 2021, by Age 101 Music and AWAL. The album succeeds the Mercury Prize-nominated album, ''Grey Area (album), Grey Area'' (2019) and the five-track extended play (EP), ''Drop 6'' (2020). It is supported by five singles: "Introvert", "Woman (Little Simz song), Woman", "Rollin Stone", "I Love You, I Hate You", and "Point and Kill". The album was produced by frequent collaborator Inflo and it includes guest appearances from Cleo Sol and Obongjayar. The album received widespread acclaim and was named the best album of 2021 by ''Exclaim!'' and ''BBC Radio 6 Music''. It won the 2022 Mercury Prize on 18 October 2022. It was also nominated for the Best Album Ivor Novello Awards, Ivor Novello Award in May 2022. It also won the Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record and was nominated for the Brit Award for British Album of the Year. ''Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Simz
Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo (born 23 February 1994), better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British Rapping, rapper and Acting, actress. She rose to prominence with the independent release of her first three albums: ''A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons'' (2015), ''Stillness in Wonderland'' (2016) and ''Grey Area (album), Grey Area'' (2019), the last of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards. Her fourth album, ''Sometimes I Might Be Introvert'' (2021), received widespread critical acclaim, with several publications deeming it the best album of 2021. It won the 2022 Mercury Prize, and earned her the 2022 Brit Award for Best New Artist and the Libera Award for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record. Her fifth album, No Thank You (album), ''No Thank You'' (2022), was released to critical acclaim. In 2024, she was featured on the single "We Pray" by Coldplay, alongside Burna Boy, Elyanna, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Boyd
Moses Boyd (born 30 April 1991) is a British jazz drummer, composer, record producer, bandleader and radio host. His debut solo studio album ''Dark Matter'' (2020) was nominated for the 2020 Mercury Prize. In 2014, Boyd and saxophonist Binker Golding formed the duo Binker & Moses and released three consecutive albums, with accolades including one MOBO Award, two Jazz FM Awards and a Parliamentary Jazz Award. In 2022, Binker & Moses released their fourth album, ''Feeding the Machine'', to critical acclaim. Boyd's self-titled jazz band Moses Boyd Exodus (also known as the Exodus) released several mixtapes in the mid-2010s and together have recorded most of Boyd's solo releases. The group consists of Theon Cross (tubist), Artie Zaitz (guitarist), Binker Golding (saxophonist) and Nathaniel Cross (trombonist). Under his own label, Exodus Records, Boyd made his solo debut with the extended play ''Absolute Zero'' in 2017, and followed it up with ''Displaced Diaspora'' in 2018. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarz
Osabuohien Osaretin (born 17 March 1989), better known by his stage name Sarz, is a Nigerian record producer, mixing engineer and musician. Born in Benin City, Edo State, he is popularly known for the tag "Sarz on the beat" or "Really", at the beginning or end of his music productions. His first full credit production work was for Lord of Ajasa's "See Drama" in 2007. He has produced tracks for Wizkid, Naeto C, Banky W, Skales, Shank, Reminisce, Goldie Harvey, eLDee, Wande Coal, YQ, Lojay and Niniola. He was formerly signed to Trybe Records, but left the outfit after his contract expired in November 2013. Musical career In 2010, Sarz produced the hit single "Jor Oh" and the remix for Jahbless which featured Durella, Ruggedman, Reminisce, Ice Prince and eLDee. The song won "Best Street Hop" and was nominated for "Best Collaboration" at The Headies 2011. In 2011, he produced Shank's "Salute", eLDee's "Today Today" & "Wash Wash", Skales' "Mukulu", Goldie Harvey's "Don' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiki (rapper)
Patrick G. Morales (born October 21, 1993), better known by his stage name Wiki, is an American rapper and record producer from New York City, New York. He was a member of New York City-based hip hop group Ratking with rapper-producer Sporting Life and rapper Hak, which he left in 2015. Morales was also a member of Secret Circle with rapper Antwon and rapper-producer Lil Ugly Mane until 2018. He has since released three solo albums; '' No Mountains in Manhattan'' (2017), '' Oofie'' (2019), and '' Half God'' (2021). Biography Wiki was raised on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. He attended the Brooklyn Friends School, and is of Puerto Rican ancestry on his father's side and Irish-American on his mother's side. His mother grew up in suburban Westchester County, New York. He began his music career in 2011 as a member of the New York City hip hop group Ratking with Hak and Sporting Life.Brian Josephs"Interview: Wiki Talks New Album No Mountains in Manhattan and the Future of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Again
Frederick John Philip Gibson (born 19 July 1993), known professionally as Fred Again (stylised as Fred again..) or simply Fred (stylised as FRED), is an English record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, he was nominated for Best New Artist, won Best Dance/Electronic Album for his third album ''Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)'' (2022), and won Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Dance/Electronic Recording for his 2023 single "Rumble (Skrillex, Fred Again and Flowdan song), Rumble" (with Skrillex and Flowdan). Early life and education Gibson was born in 1993 in Balham and attended the Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school Marlborough College in Marlborough, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, England, between 2006 and 2011. Gibson is the second son of barrister Charles Anthony Warneford Gibson (born 1960), and Mary Ann Frances ''née'' Morgan. His mother is the eldest daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XL Recordings
XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been run and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group. It releases an average of six albums a year. The label releases albums worldwide and operates across a range of genres. History 1980s and 1990s Originally launched in 1989 to release rave and dance music, the label began as an imprint of Beggars Banquet's more commercial dance label Citybeat, which was known for records by acts such as Freeez, Rob Base & EZ Rock, Starlight, Dream Frequency and the Ultramagnetic MCs. However, with the success of acts such as the Prodigy and SL2, XL superseded Citybeat in its lineup. During the early 1990s, XL releases were dance-oriented, ranging from Belgian techno ( T99's "Anasthasia") to breakbeat hardcore (SL2's " On a Ragga Tip") to drum and bass ( Jonny L's "I'm Leavin'"). This period of XL's history has been recorded on the '' XL Recordings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrobeat
Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Nigerian (such as Yoruba) and Ghanaian (such as highlife) music, with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. With a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion,Grass, Randall F. "Fela AnikulaThe Art of an Afrobeat Rebel". ''The Drama Review''. MIT Press. 30: 131–148. the style was pioneered in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who popularised it both within and outside Nigeria. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers." Distinct from Afrobeat is Afrobeats, a combination of sounds originating in West Africa in the 21st century. This takes on diverse influences and is an eclectic combination of genres such as hip hop, house, jùjú, ndombolo, R&B, soca, and dancehall. The two genres, though often conflated, are not the same. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabar
Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers, and the creeks of the Cross River (from its inland delta). Calabar was once described as the tourism capital of Nigeria, especially due to several initiatives implemented during the administration of Donald Duke as the Governor of Cross River State (1999–2007). The city became the cleanest and most environmentally friendly city in Nigeria. Administratively, the city is divided into Calabar Municipal and Calabar South Local Government Areas. It has an area of and, as of the 2006 census, a population of 371,022. Both LGAs together had an estimated population of 571,500 in 2022. History Seaport, slave trade When Portuguese explorers in the 15th century reached this part of the Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
