blackwave. (also known as blackwavedot) is a Belgian hip-hop duo composed of producer Willem Ardui and rapper Jay Walker. Their influences include
The Roots
The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy F ...
,
Prince,
Parliament-Funkadelic and
Brockhampton. The group, in an interview with ''
Billboard
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'', said "We love incorporating all kinds of different genres in our music and challenging ourselves to always try something different."
The band released their first album, ''Mic Check'', in 2017. Their second album, ''Are We Still Dreaming?'', was released in 2019 and reached 4th place in the Belgium Top 200 Albums.
Their third album, ''No Sleep in LA'', was released in 2022 and peaked in first place for one week.
In 2019, blackwave. was nominated for the
2019 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2019 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) was held at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, on 3 November 2019. The ceremony's host was Becky G. This was the fourth year, as well as the second consecuti ...
in the 'Best Belgian Act' category, losing out to MATTN.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
Belgian hip hop groups
Belgian musical duos
English-language musical groups from Belgium
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