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Apple Music: Africa Now Radio with Dadaboy Ehiz this Friday with Zlatan
Cover Star Interview
Nigerian rapper and singer Zlatan joins Dadaboy Ehiz via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to talk about his latest track, “Oganigwe (feat. ODUMODBLVCK & Jeriq).” He also discusses his new EP, ‘Omo Ologo,’ his recording process, and how he’s managed to showcase his versatility.
The Big 5
Dadaboy Ehiz shares the 5 hottest new African tracks of the moment. This week’s selection includes new tracks from Kwesi Arthur, Tay Iwar & Twelve XII, MFR Souls feat. Russel Zuma, Shane907 & Locco Musiq, TOSS & Tyler ICU feat. Nandipha808 Ceekay RSA, and Iyanya & BNXN fka Buju.
Africa Rising
Nigerian singer-songwriter YKB is Apple Music’s latest Africa Rising featured artist, a campaign which shines a light on the next generation of African superstars, and this week’s show features his singles, “komplete riddim” and “bo card (things i need)” from his new EP, ‘YUSFUL MUSIC.’ 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 Tanzanian star Harmonize and his track, “Single Again,” from Apple Music’s Bongo Flava playlist. Listen HERE (and find a roundup of all Dadaboy’s selections on Apple Music’s Dadaboy’s Playlist, HE
Tune in and listen to the full episode this Friday, May 5th at 9a Lagos/London / 10a Johannesburg/Paris / 1a LA / 4a NYC on Apple Music 1 at apple.co/_AfricaNow and broadcast on YFM Accra every Sunday at 2pm, YFM Kumasi on Saturdays at 3pm and YFM Takoradi on Saturdays at 6pm.
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Zlatan Tells Apple Music about his Approach to Releasing Music
“2023, I actually dropped music very late due to one reason or another, and then ever since Toulouse was cool and manageable for me. And then 2021 I dropped Resan, I could not jump out of the album to start releasing singles, I had to push and shoot videos from Resan for a little while before jumping into other singles. So this year I decided to myself that I want to start early so I can see more results”.
Zlatan Tells Apple Music about His Recording Process
“Basically I’m so happy about ‘Omo Ologo’ because when I started, people would only classify me as a rapper or they call me a rapper and then there are some people who tend not to agree I’m a rapper in any way so I’ve been able to prove that I’m versatile for a while now. I tried to always drop rap songs because that’s actually where I started from rap battles so I tried to drop rap songs in-between my danceable songs and then celeb songs to like see new paths. So ‘Omo Logo’ came out and I came out with a challenge and top celebrities that are doing well felt like they loved the energy, they reached out to me, I sent the beat to them. So the track is actually doing well and the fact it’s actually a rap song I’m actually happy”
