Tracing Afrobeats’ Yoruba Roots: ‘Wizkid Now Was Sunny Adé Then’
Whats more, much ofAsakes mythmaking happened in just 2022, with the absolute pandemonium of his debutMr. Money With The Vibe. With Asakes ubiquity came reverence for a sixty year old genre attributed to the Yoruba ethnic group, fuji. Adekunle Gold (center) with the filmmakers behind ‘The Odyssey’ (L-R): director Abba T. Makama, executive producer Bobo Omotayo, and co-producers Papa Omotayo and Tosin AshafaLakin Ogunbanwo* His latest album, 2024sLungu Boy, closes with an explosive instrumental aptly titled Fuji Vibe....