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Hussellin from Lagos to London: Afrikan Boy

As M.I.A.'s 2nd album dropped yesterday, Lagos (by way of London) MC/producer Afrikan Boy guests on M.I.A.'s Hussel but is poised to set his own stage off too.

Afrikan Boy's sound is said to be mostly on the grime/garage tip, being influenced by the major players of that scene like Dizzie Rascal, Kano, So Solid Crew, Lethal Bizzle, but he also incorporates some homegrown Afrobeat into the mix as well. His "One Day I Went to Lidl" is about coming to the UK without a passport, shoplifting at the supermarket Lidl and getting busted (it's currently making its round on the net). He employs a very straitforward MC story-telling style which reminds one of hip hop in the early 80s.

MORE: Exclaim Magazine profile and stream of Afrikan Boy | Check out Afrikan Boy's self-bio and some more tracks at his MySpace page | Spike Jonze VBS video with M.I.A. & Afrikan Boy in London: PT 2, PT 3, PT 4

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Posted by Boon Kondo
August 22, 2007 at 4:53 PM
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