É«¿Ø´«Ã½

Live performance by Grime/HipHop/AfroPop artist , fusing London grime and classic sounds from Nigeria, reflecting his identity.

There's no identity crisis in the music of Olushola Ajose. Performing under the name , he makes music that totally reflects his life experience, brilliantly fusing the sounds of grime of his south-east London manor with the classic sound of the Nigeria of his parents – most effectively on his recent single Hit 'Em Up that recalibrates Fela Kuti for the here and now. As a teenager, he first came to attention with the track One Day I Went To Lidl, a hopelessly catchy tune chronicling successive shoplifting excursions to the aforementioned budget supermarket. Among those paying attention was MIA who took him out on the road on a couple of her world tours. He's since contributed to the work of DJ Shadow, while also bagging a window seat aboard the Africa Express alongside the likes of Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, Damon Albarn and Fatoumata Diawara. And all this by the grand old age of 26.