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Afrikan Boy
Afrikan Boy supporting M.I.A. at the 2007 Rock en Seine Festival in Paris, France
Afrikan Boy supportingM.I.A.at the 2007Rock en SeineFestival inParis,France
Background information
Birth nameOlushola Oluwaseun Ajose[1]
Also known asAfrikan Boy
Born(1989-03-28)28 March 1989(age 35)
OriginNigeria
GenresHip hop,grime,comedy hip hop
OccupationRapper
Years active2000s-present
LabelsYam Records
Websitewww.Afrikanboy.com

Olushola Oluwaseun Ajose,better known by his stage nameAfrikan Boy(born 28 March 1989),[2]is a Nigerian-borngrimeartist from theWoolwichdistrict ofLondon.[3]He went viral with a track entitled "One day I went toLidl",recorded at That SP Studios.[4][5][6][7]

Career

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Ajose made a guest appearance on the track "Hussel" from theM.I.A.albumKala,[8]and is one of the initial artists M.I.A. wanted signed to her labelN.E.E.T. Recordings(then called Zig-Zag) in 2007.[9]A remix of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"was uploaded onto her MySpace featuring Afrikan Boy and tourmateRye Rye.Afrikan Boy has never appeared onpirate radio,[3]a performance opportunity common in the grime genre.[10]He studied for aPsychologydegree atBrunel University.[11]

Touring in support of M.I.A. on her 2007KALA Tourand 2008People Vs. Money Touras well as headlining his own shows, Ajose has appeared at theSplash! festival.On 26 June 2011, he released hismixtapenamed "What Took You So Long" on hiswebsitefor free. On 18 August 2014, he released his LPThe ABCDon Yam Records.[12][13]

Ajose also contributed to the work of DJ Shadow and Africa Express alongside Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, Damon Albarn and Fatoumata Diawara.[14] His song "Hit Em Up" also featured on thesoundtrackfor the 2016 video gameForza Horizon 3.

References

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  1. ^"ANCESTRY".ASCAP.American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.Retrieved1 May2023.
  2. ^"Afrikan Boy".Drowned in Sound.Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2008.Retrieved4 March2008.
  3. ^abHampson, Simon."Afrikan Boy".FACT Magazine.
  4. ^"Afrikan Boy Kunta Kinte P.A & Interview | #AfterSessions".Aftersessions.
  5. ^O'Malley, Ed (8 May 2021).Reverence in music. Distinguished recording studios around the world equipment, engineers, and some of the artists that use them - PDF Free Download.Absolute Author Publishing House. p. 33.ISBN978-1-64953-234-3.
  6. ^Blundy, Rachel (21 February 2014)."Woolwich rapper who penned song about shopping in Lidl gets government".Evening Standard.
  7. ^"Meet the philanthropic musician and media mogul from Greenwich".www.readersdigest.co.uk.Reader's Digest.Retrieved26 May2022.
  8. ^Lindsay, Cam (3 August 2007)."Afrikanboy -" One Day I Went to Lidl "".Exclaim!.Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2007.Retrieved4 March2008.
  9. ^Swash, Rosie (25 September 2007)."Sugababes aren't so sweet without Mutya".guardian.co.uk.Guardian Media Group.Archivedfrom the original on 20 February 2008.Retrieved4 March2008.
  10. ^McKinnon, Matthew (5 May 2005)."Grime Wave".Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2008.Retrieved24 February2008.
  11. ^Emmanuel Ezugwu."Head2head: Afrikanboy Vs Cassette Playa".RWD magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 30 March 2008.Retrieved9 October2008.
  12. ^Goldhanger, Keith (2 September 2014),Afrikan Boy,Louder Than War,retrieved10 June2015
  13. ^Struik, Marleen (17 September 2014),Album Review: Afrikan Boy –The ABCD,CultNoise, archived fromthe originalon 11 June 2015,retrieved10 June2015
  14. ^"Afrikan Boy".Roundhouse.Retrieved28 December2019.
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