Fred Again.. is keeping the summer going with a sweet love song. Tonight (August 11), the EDM go-to has teamed up with Nigerian singer Obongjayar for his new song, “Adore U.” On “Adore U,” Fred crafts ...
Obongjayar is a London-based, Nigeria-born afro-futurist singer that’s starting to climb in the ranks. The raspy vocalist was most recently featured on Little Simz’s single and desperado-esque video ...
The post Obongjayar Announces Debut Album Some Nights I Dream of Doors, Shares “Try”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Nigerian-British musician Obongjayar has announced his debut album, Some ...
He wasn’t always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making “terrible American rap,” he says, trying to be someone he was not. “If you grew up in Nigeria ...
The London-based, Nigerian-born musician talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his new album, "Which Way Is Forward?" which embraces his cultural heritage to tackle different aspects of power.
The Nigerian-born London singer Obongjayar doesn’t have any one particular style or genre. Instead, he’s a free-floating specter who brings a sort of ghostly gravitas to everything he does. Obongjayar ...
It feels like Obongjayar is on the precipice of going big. The 32-year-old — real name Steven Umoh but prefers to go by OB — has been making music for over a decade but his profile has swelled in ...
In the two years since Obongjayar dropped his last EP, Bassey, he's worked extensively with both Danny Brown and the Everything Is Recorded collective. However, he's also lived through a period of ...
British-Nigerian shape-shifting singer Obongjayar has worked alongside some of the coolest names in music, including Fred Again, Little Simz, and Danny Brown. Lately, though, he’s been building a ...
Last year, the London-based Nigerian musician Obongjayar released his debut album, Some Nights I Dream Of Doors, which arrived after a few years worth of EPs and high-profile collaborations. Today, he ...
Playing to 70,000 at the LA Coliseum is just the same as a gig down the pub, according to Obongjayar. It’s all just performance. This idea – of doing rather than thinking and inhabiting your most ...