This Week’s Episode Features a Conversation With Bella Shmurda, the 5 Hottest Tracks of the Week, Africa Rising and Dadaboy Ehiz’s Favourite Track of the Week!
Tune in to Africa Now Radio with Dadaboy Ehiz this Friday, October 28th at 9a Lagos/London / 10a Johannesburg/Paris / 1a LA / 4a NYC on Apple Music 1.
Cover Star Interview
Nigerian Afropop star Bella Shmurda joins Dadaboy Ehiz via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to talk about his latest track, “Oh Oh Oh.” He also discusses the themes behind new album, ‘Hypertension,’ and his new approach to creating a relatable vibe.
The Big 5
Dadaboy Ehiz shares the 5 hottest new African tracks of the moment. This week’s selection includes new tracks from Blaqbonez feat. Blxckie & Cheque, PsychoYP feat. Zlatan, G Nako feat. Rayvanny, Phyno, and Lloyiso.
Africa Rising
South African amapiano star Yumbs is the latest artist featured from Apple Music’s Africa Rising playlist, a campaign which shines a light on the next generation of African superstars, and this week’s show features his singles, “Amanga (feat. Dinky Kunene),” and the DBN Gogo collab, “Intliziyo (feat. Sino Msolo).” Listen HERE.
Dadaboy’s Song of the Week
Each week, Dadaboy Ehiz chooses his favourite track from one of Apple Music’s African playlists. This week he spotlights the Show Dem Camp and BOJ collab , “Kele,” from Apple Music’s Alté Cruise playlist. Listen HERE.
Tune in and listen to the full episode this Friday, October 28th Lagos/London / 10a Johannesburg/Paris / 1a LA / 4a NYC on Apple Music 1 at apple.co/_AfricaNow.
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Bella Shmurda on his theme of tension
Tension is tension. Bella Shmurda is the tension. My sound is the tension, anything good is the tension so I just classify myself as a tension, as a problem to the industry. You can’t get me off-guard, you understand? And the album is off-guard.
Bella Shmurda on the energy of ‘Hypertension’
Just expect pure Bella Shmurda, first of all, and expect something different. It’s not the usual Bella Shmurda, like Bella Shmurda just going off whatever he’s known for. Just expect joy, happiness and every good thing that comes with it.
Bella Shmurda on trying to calm down
I just feel like people feel like my vibe is hard to combine. It’s not something you can just wake up in the morning and just want to vibe to. It’s not just a vibe, it’s something you have to think about, something that goes a long way.
Me personally I’ve been trying to calm it down with my vibes, because I really want people to vibe with me. I don’t want it to be too hard for people to vibe with me. There are important people in this music industry that don’t like it, they can’t do it so harsh. You can’t do it too harsh because they won’t follow.