The Fader Calls Yemi Alade The Queen Of Afrobeats (SEE PHOTOS)

The fader.com on an interview with eccentric Yemi Alade honoured her with the title, queen of Afrobeats. She was featured on the magazine website with lovely photos and an amazing impression of her art.

 

This is a quote from what was said about her:

Alade has achieved a kind of cult status worldwide, but in Africa she’s a bonafide superstar. Last year, she won Best Female at the MTV African Music Awards, her most recent album hit No.1 on the continent’s iTunes chart, and she was named an ambassador for Africa Fashion Week this past April. In a continent rich with numerous national and regional music scenes, the key to Alade’s success has been her ability to find connections between cultures through music. On her fantastic 2016 album Mama Africa she draws from Ghanaian highlife, Ivorian dance music style coupé-décalé, as well as American hip-hop and pop, in a sharpening of sounds she calls “afropolitan.”

As an artist from humble beginnings who releases on the small, independent label Effyzzie Music Group, Alade’s success is hard won. She had a brief brush with stardom after winning Nigeria’s Peak Talent Show in 2009, but her alternative point of view really started to shine through in her 2014 breakout single “Johnny,”which borrowed from afrobeats stars L.A.X and Wizkid’s playboy anthem “Caro,”but reworked the boys’ search for the perfect woman into a worldwide hunt for her straying lover. The track’s success — 52 million views and counting — allowed Alade to pinball off their fame and forge her own lane. With no plans to slow down, she’s following up the summer dance hit “Koffi Anan”with the fantastically fun video for “Tumbum,” premiering on The FADER today.

See lovely photos of her featured on the magazine website below:

How Yemi Alade Hustled Her Way To Become The Queen Of Afrobeats

How Yemi Alade Hustled Her Way To Become The Queen Of Afrobeats

How Yemi Alade Hustled Her Way To Become The Queen Of Afrobeats

How Yemi Alade Hustled Her Way To Become The Queen Of Afrobeats

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