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Blaqbonez Thrills Fans with the Release of “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos”

Nigerian rap sensation Blaqbonez has once again captivated music lovers with the highly-anticipated release of his singles, “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos.” Following a viral snippet that set social media ablaze, fans have been eagerly awaiting the full tracks. With his unique style and lyrical prowess, Blaqbonez delivers an unforgettable musical experience.

The controversial mention of Ice Spice’s name in Blaqbonez’s “Like Ice Spice” has lived up to expectations, creating immense curiosity and sparking discussions among fans. The full song showcases Blaqbonez’s ability to create infectious beats and clever wordplay, solidifying his reputation as a boundary-pushing artist. The track is a game-changer, leaving listeners in awe of Blaqbonez’s talent and musical vision.

Simultaneously, “Like Bezos” lives up to the hype as another highly-anticipated track from Blaqbonez. With its intriguing title and the rapper’s penchant for thought-provoking lyrics, “Like Bezos” delves into themes of success, ambition, and the pursuit of greatness. Blaqbonez’s seamless blending of genres and captivating performances make “Like Bezos” a must-listen for music enthusiasts.

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[Blaqbonez and The Muchachos De Granja Effect On “A 2Pack EP”]

In an exciting development, Blaqbonez has not only released his highly-anticipated singles “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos” but also introduced a new group called Muchachos De Granja, meaning Farm Boys in English. The Muchachos de Granja made a striking appearance in the snippets of the songs, adding an extra layer of intrigue and excitement to Blaqbonez’s musical journey. Sporting white tees and green bandanas, the group brings a fresh aesthetic and a sense of camaraderie to Blaqbonez’s performances.

Not only does the Muchachos de Granja have a distinctive dress code, but they have also developed a unique secret handshake and a set of captivating dance moves. The group’s presence in the snippets has already sparked a frenzy of curiosity and speculation among fans, who are eager to witness the full extent of the Muchachos de Granja’s contributions to Blaqbonez’s musical vision. With their infectious energy and synchronized movements, the Muchachos de Granja are set to enhance the overall visual and auditory experience of Blaqbonez’s performances.

In addition to delivering exceptional music, Blaqbonez’s introduction of the Muchachos de Granja showcases his commitment to artistic innovation and creating a completely immersive experience for his fans. By bringing together a group of like-minded individuals with their own distinct identities, Blaqbonez further solidifies his reputation as an artist who pushes boundaries and continually seeks to captivate his audience. The collaboration between Blaqbonez and the Muchachos de Granja promises to be an exciting journey filled with memorable music, stunning visuals, and a shared sense of camaraderie among fans and artists alike.

ICYMI: “Blaqbonez Ignites Social Media with “Like Ice Spice” and Teases “Like Bezos”, Fans Anticipate Releases”

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Blaqbonez has solidified his position as a prominent figure in the Nigerian music scene, earning accolades and a dedicated fanbase through his impressive discography. Known for his signature style and energetic stage presence, he continues to push boundaries and experiment with his music, establishing himself as an artist who consistently delivers fresh and exciting sounds.

The wait is finally over as Blaqbonez has dropped “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos” to the delight of his fans. The electrifying combination of infectious beats, clever wordplay, and thought-provoking lyrics showcases the artist’s growth and evolution. With these new releases, Blaqbonez dominates the airwaves once again, solidifying his position as one of Nigeria’s most talented and innovative rappers.

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How American Rapper Ice Spice Controversies Inspired Nigeria’s Blaqbonez New Song

In a surprising turn of events, Nigerian rapper Blaqbonez has set social media ablaze with a snippet of his upcoming track titled “Like Ice Spice.” The short clip, which went viral within hours of its release, has generated immense excitement and anticipation among fans. With its catchy beat and intriguing lyrics, “Like Ice Spice” is going to be another game-changer for Blaqbonez. Let’s delve into the details and explore what makes this track so special.

The Controversial Reference:
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“Like Ice Spice” by Blaqbonez Makes The New…

One of the factors fueling the buzz around “Like Ice Spice” is the inclusion of the name “Ice Spice” in the song. This mention has caught the attention of fans, especially considering the recent breakup between American rapper JT and her boyfriend Uzi Vert, allegedly over Uzi Vert referencing Ice Spice in a song performed at the BET Awards. Blaqbonez’s decision to incorporate Ice Spice’s name in his track has sparked curiosity and speculation about the connection between the two incidents. Blaqbonez sure knows how to create a scene from a sin.

Viral Sensation:

The power of social media cannot be underestimated, and Blaqbonez’s “Like Ice Spice” is a testament to that. Within moments of sharing the short clip on his social media accounts, it spread like wildfire. Across various platforms, it garnered thousands of views, likes, and shares. Fans and music enthusiasts alike have been captivated by the snippet’s infectious energy and catchy melody. They are eagerly awaiting the song’s official release. With the wildfire spread that “Like Ice Spice” created. Blaqbonez humped the opportunity to publicize “Like Bezos”, a second track. The track would be released at the same time as “Like Ice Spice” in a mixtape. The Two-Track Mixtape he dubbed “A 2Pack EP”.

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Blaqbonez’s Signature Style:

Known for his unique musical style and witty wordplay, Blaqbonez has become a prominent figure in the Nigerian music scene. His ability to seamlessly blend various genres and deliver clever lyrics has earned him a dedicated fanbase. With “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos” from the “A 2Pack EP”. Fans anticipate that Blaqbonez will once again showcase his versatility. Proving why he is a force to be reckoned with in the industry.

Anticipated Release:
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“Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos” is scheduled for release this Friday at midnight. Fans are counting down the hours. The overwhelming response to the short clip has generated high expectations for the full track. As fans eagerly await the song’s official drop. The anticipation continues to grow. With many expressing their excitement and predictions for how the piece will unfold.

Conclusion:

Blaqbonez’s upcoming releases, “Like Ice Spice” and “Like Bezos” has already made a significant impact even before their official launch. The controversial reference, combined with the infectious snippets that went viral, has sparked immense curiosity and enthusiasm among fans. With his distinct style and lyrical prowess, Blaqbonez is poised to deliver another hit that will leave a lasting impression on the Nigerian music landscape. As the clock ticks closer to midnight on Friday, all eyes and ears will be tuned in to experience the full magic of “A 2Pack EP.”

Nasty C & Zack Tabudlo Connect In Upcoming Coca-Cola Collaboration

Coca-Cola recently got South African rapper Nasty C and Filipino singer-songwriter Zack Tabudlo to partner in a new song coming out soon that fans are already raving over.

The unnamed love song was previewed on both artists’ Instagram pages, where Junior raps, “Girl, you’re the strings to my heart. Girl, you’re the keys to my car, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling.”

Nasty C, who is no stranger to the Coke Studios, worked with Zimbabwean artist Buffalo Souljah in 2016 and, later, Nigerian singer, Runtown the following year.

21-year-old Tabudlo first caught public interest when he appeared in the first season of The Voice Kids as a contestant. His recent single, Gusto, has become a Spotify chart-topper and currently sits on just shy of 15 million streams.

This new song is presumably Zack’s first South African collaboration and could lead to more work for him in Mzansi.

We’ll keep you posted on the latest.

BENJAMIN Explores His Thoughts In “Conversations With Myself”

The last day of June saw the release of BENJAMIN‘s long-awaited album, Conversations With Myself, following months of preparation.

The self-produced project examines BENJAMIN’s conflicting thoughts about the self, his career, and his relationships. He introspects in the high-energy production, speaking on his purpose and dedication to the music.

A festival owner/ promoter and record label founder, BENJAMIN commits his time and energy to growing $treetfe$t and 720records, while building a sustainable music empire.

The project runs at 19 tracks with no other features but BENJAMIN’s alter ego, NOTBENJAMIN, who makes a single appearance in Internal Conflict. As the former battles the menacing thoughts in his head, his not-so-friendly second self appears toward the end with threats of impending violence.

He uses his shortcomings as motivation to push him in the right direction. An independent artist, BENJAMIN finds himself having to work ten times harder to secure his place in the music industry though he’s committed to succeeding, and is fortunate enough to have the support of his community.

Listen to the project below:

$treetfe$t Reveals New Merch

NOTBENJAMIN recently shared images of $treetfe$t’s latest apparel additions, and his followers highly approve.

The red varsity baseball jacket sports the festival logo and the letters “NY” in front, as well as a USA flag on the right upper arm – a new addition to your winter wardrobe.

$treetfe$t already has several apparel items in its storage, including tote bags, beanies, and caps. We can’t wait to start rocking the new merch!

Weekend Wrap Up: Here’s What You Missed

The last day of June landed on a Friday which meant great news for SA Hip Hop as many of our favorite emcees dropped singles and projects to end the month with a bang. Here’s what you missed.

A-Reece Performs New Song At CottonFest Durban

As CottonFest made its Durban debut this past weekend, one of the biggest artists on the lineup, A-Reece, thought to make it extra special with a preview of an unreleased song. Baby Boy had the crowd going bonkers when he performed the unknown song, supposedly from his upcoming album.

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BlackAce_ZA Raps Of His “Last Days At the Trap” In New EP

Rapper and songwriter, BlackAce_ZA seems to be in good spirits with the release of his latest offering, Last Days At The Trap. Recounting his past days on the grind, struggling to break even while also fighting personal battles, BlackAce appears to have found his footing.

Jay Jody Reveals Album Tracklist & Features

In celebration of his birthday, Jay Jody shared his forthcoming album tracklist and features but with a twist: the artists are not named, but represented by their zodiac symbols. Aside from the Aries symbol (tracks 4 and 14) presumably representing A-Reece, we have no idea whom the rest stand for. Do you have a clue? Let us know.

Kashcpt Shares Debut RNB Project, “Love Letters”

Cape Town rapper/ singer, Kashcpt officially released his full-length RnB project, Love Letters last Friday. With his heart on his sleeve, Kash sings to his love interest while professing his strong feelings with assistance from Aida Lee and Flvme, among others.

Kayflow Drops “Ramba Wakadzvanya” With Music Video

A little over two months since Sei Sei was released, Kayflow made his return with a bang when he dropped his latest, Ramba Wakadzvanya. While the catchy chorus pulls you in, Kayflow addresses social issues of drug abuse and unemployment, raising awareness to the conditions in his community.

Stuuperman Delivers “Super Sonic” EP

As previously announced, Stuuperman finally released the Super Sonic EP. A culinarian in his past time, the Pretoria rapper and producer cooked up a solid project and called up fellow emcees, VenomRaps, Hxrvlo_SA, and Nylo Island, among others, to bring the heat.

UYIHLO Connects With Ewiva! In “Siberia”

I’m too cold, it’s Siberia.

Back in April, UYIHLO released his EP, Ozithobileyo, UYIHLO, and is back with his latest drop featuring Ewiva!. “If there ever was an ad for men to have self-respect and standards, it would be this song,” tweeted the rapper.

Big Yasa drops the “Who” visuals trailer

Big Yasa, a top Kenyan driller, has finally dropped the teaser for his latest single, “Who”, after the successful “blocks” collaboration with Buruklyn Boyz.

The Blocks project was a masterpiece, from the audio to the visuals, setting the stage for the new project.

Big Yasa displays consistency in his craft, aiming to take over the Kenyan drill with his infectious drill. The real name Yassin Issa, also known as Biggs, is a drill artist, rapper, songwriter, and performer from the Mad Clan record label based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.

Biggs’ music is based on real-life situations from his neighbourhood in Kibera. His music is real and inspirational. Most of his songs are meant to educate the youth.

The track is upbeat and with high energy in his usual style. Biggs shows out with his hard-hitting lyrics, bar after bar.

The video is only a teaser, giving his fans a taste of the project before its official release. It is already making waves, with fans highly anticipating its release.

Check out his music and the trailer as we update you on its release.

Psycho YP and Layzee Ella Stand Out As The Only Features On Monaky’s Debut Album

Two years after ‘The Goat’ had the whole country wondering if Burna Boy had been cloned, Monaky has climbed the hill of separating himself from the artist that inspired him and stood out as a distinct voice in the Nigerian music scene, with a slew of singles under his belt.

Now finally, since the two-faced-stoner anthem, Monaky has delivered his 11-tracker debut studio album titled ‘Patient Zero.’

Whether for the purpose of making a statement or not, the album has only two features and none of them are singers, as if to prove that he can deliver a stellar project with minimal feature assistance.

The guest features, Psycho YP and Layzee Ella, are both rappers though not yet mainstream household names. Monaky greatly favors authentic connections, most notably with the underdog as opposed to industry template formulaic link ups.

Nigerian face of Trap music, Psycho YP and underground rapper, Layzee Ella make an appearance on ‘Payroll’ and ‘Achilles’ respectively.

Lead single, ‘Payroll’ is a hustler anthem in the vein of 50 Cent’s ‘I Get Money’ and Junior MAFIA’s ‘Get Money.’ The slow bop made for hustling stoners is accentuated by Psycho YP’s appearance that is so short, you can miss it in a blink.

Despite it’s length, YP’s melodic raps leave the listener wanting more rather than eliciting a loud hiss of disappointment – adding to the replay value of the song.

‘Achilles’ is a more uptempo, phallus slanging, king-kong-chest-beating manifesto of sexual prowess. The song is doused in self-praise so much that one might forget it’s a love song.

Layzee channels her inner Koffee in her verse that’s equally as short as YP’s on ‘Payroll.’ The Koffee semblance is channeled not by Patois writing but by the vocal inflections employed by the femcee.

These numbers are undoubtedly standouts in the project, with both YP and Layzee making equally exceptional appearances and complementing Monaky’s performance in both. Fans are already going crazy over the lead single all over social media.

What do you think of YP and Ella’s performances? What do you think of Monaky’s debut?

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Get Ready For Dj Clen’s #VIRAL Album Exclusively Produced By A-Reece

Dj Clen has officially shared news of his upcoming album, VIRAL, which has been in the works for some months now, and fans can’t wait to hear it.

The Dj led his anticipated project with some single releases, including his Summer-ready bop, The Way It Goes. We now have a release date for the project, July 14th, 2023, along with the album cover and star-studded tracklist.

Not only that, the VIRAL album is exclusively produced by frequent collaborator, A-Reece, who, along with brother Jay Jody, is preparing to release an album of his own. Sosh Plata hit maker, Loatinover Pounds is also credited for the artwork.

The project is already up for pre-order; hopefully we get another single before the release. In the meantime, we’ll keep you posted on the latest.

Fresh Music Friday: The Best Rap & Hip-hop Releases June 30th

With so much good music being released across the continent always, it can be hard to determine what to listen to or where to discover new music or new artist and Hiphop Africa curation team offers a run-down of the best rap and hiphop songs and significant new releases available on streaming services worldwide with a focus on African rap music and its community. This week’s batch includes new music from a diverse line up of artist with New music from our cover star Rapcha from Tanzania, projects from South African rappers Stuuperman & Flow jones Jr, Nigerian rap rave of the moment odumodublvck teams up with FireboyDML for Afro hippo tune and more new singles from Nasty C, Stormzy, Rim’K and more talented rappers from the motherland.

We have Rapcha from Tanzania on our cover this week

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Odumodublvck and Fireboy Merge Okporoko Music And Afrobeats On ‘Firegun’

Odumodu has proven to not just be a gimmick with his unique ‘Okporoko Music,’ infusing Grime and Afro-rap. The rapper has consistently climbed the ranks of the Nigerian music industry since 2021 and 2023 has been his magnum Opus year. Odumo as he is fondly called by fans has hit four top ten songs on the Nigerian charts this year alone. His highest charting song titled after West Ham United Star Declan Rice, broke streaming records as the fastest song to reach #1 on Apple NG and highest first day streams for a Nigerian song.

After ‘Declan Rice’ won the hearts of Nigerians and Brits alike, Amaarae stated that Odumodu can become more than just an aggressive rap persona but also a staple of infectious melodies and he ostensibly took that advice seriously, as shown on Firegun. It’s almost as if Big Kala swore that Fireboy won’t out-sing him on the song.

Fireboy is making a return to consistently putting out new music since featuring on the standout ‘Jabo‘ on Wande Coal’s third studio album, he released the trending ‘Yawa‘ and now Fuego is lending his silk-smooth vocals to layer this bop titled after both artists— Fireboy and Big Gun.

Rumours of the Native Records and YBNL artists working together hit the streets after they were spotted together at an event early this month and photos flooded the bird app.

Modu brought the melodies out for the intro of the song, in a call and response four bars with Fuego and the latter takes over the chorus to deliver a bop heavily laden with Retro-Nigerian references and parlance, as typical of the Alté scene.

There are mention of Olu Maintain’s catchphrase, “Kamakazee, kentro,” even Fireboy is not left out of the time traveling as he references MC Galaxy’s “Komolop cholop.”

This is exactly why the streets love Odumodublvck, he is as brash and abashed and confident in his statements as Nigerians are famed for, all over the world. Modu is as Nigerian as Nigerian can be.

Only Modu and a few others like Ghost of SDC can intertwine Tarantino’s Anti-slavery hero with Adonitology with the line, “Ikebe super na there I die, I be like Django.”

The sexual references are as witty and comic as they are important; Odumodu’s consent acknowledgement and Fireboy’s invitation to orgasm.

Bar the terrible cover artwork, the song is perfect in all ramifications. Modu may just have the worthy follow up to “Declan Rice” finally, if the team does the necessary promotions, ‘Firegun’ should seat in the same pantheons as ‘Dog Eat Dog,’ ‘Picanto’ and the aforementioned song named after a now Arsenal footballer.

What are your thoughts on the new single?

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