How Fela, Wizkid Influenced My Career – Ebonny Musik

Fast-rising Nigerian vocalist and songwriter, Ebenezer Olaolu Mabinuori, popularly known arsenic Ebonny Musik, has revealed however Afrobeat fable Fela Anikulapo Kuti and planetary euphony prima Wizkid played large roles successful shaping his euphony career.

In a caller interview, Ebonny Musik said Fela’s bold messages and unsocial dependable helped him recognize the powerfulness of euphony arsenic a instrumentality for look and change. “Fela taught maine that euphony is not conscionable astir entertainment,” helium said. “It tin beryllium utilized to archer stories, talk information to power, and unite people. His courageousness and creativity proceed to animate me.”

The Afro-urban artiste besides praised Wizkid for showing young Nigerian musicians that it is imaginable to instrumentality African euphony to the satellite stage. “Wizkid’s occurrence gave maine hope,” Ebonny said. “He made america judge that Nigerian euphony tin vie anyplace successful the world. His travel showed that with hard enactment and originality, we tin each spell global.”

Born successful Lagos and primitively from Abeokuta, Ogun State, Ebonny Musik grew up surrounded by antithetic sounds—from Highlife and Fuji to modern Afrobeats. He said those aboriginal influences helped him make his unsocial Afro-urban sound, which blends African rhythms with municipality euphony styles.

Ebonny Musik has worked with immoderate of Nigeria’s apical producers, including Grammy-nominated Phazehop, D’Tunes, and Indomix, arsenic good arsenic Christian Jude, a UK-based producer. His songs specified arsenic “Whine 4 Me,” “Good Days Bad Days,” and “One Life” person continued to pull attraction some successful Nigeria and abroad.

Now dividing his clip betwixt Nigeria and the United Kingdom, Ebonny Musik says his imagination is to usage his euphony to link cultures and bring radical together. “I privation my songs to animate and marque radical happy, whether they’re successful Lagos, London, oregon anyplace successful the world,” helium said.

With his increasing instrumentality basal and a dependable that bridges Africa and the world, Ebonny Musik is accelerated becoming 1 of the caller voices redefining Nigeria’s music story.