Obongjayar wants to meet at the Soul Of A Nation exhibition at the Tate Modern. Subtitled with “Art in the age of black power” and a celebration of artists working in the US amid the Civil Rights ...
It feels like Obongjayar is on the precipice of going big. The 32-year-old — real name Steven Umoh but prefers to go by OB — has been making music for over a decade but his profile has swelled in ...
Obongjayar understands the wisdom of the old saying that variety is the spice of life. "Sometimes you might like rice, sometimes you may like beans. You might want to go get Thai or Japanese or French ...
He wasn’t always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making “terrible American rap,” he says, trying to be someone he was not. “If you grew up in Nigeria ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He wasn't always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making "terrible American rap, ...
British-Nigerian shape-shifting singer Obongjayar has worked alongside some of the coolest names in music, including Fred Again, Little Simz, and Danny Brown. Lately, though, he’s been building a ...
The Nigerian-born London singer Obongjayar doesn't have any one particular style or genre. Instead, he's a free-floating specter who brings a sort of ghostly gravitas to everything he does. Obongjayar ...
The London-based, Nigerian-born musician talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his new album, "Which Way Is Forward?" which embraces his cultural heritage to tackle different aspects of power.
Nigerian-born, London based artist Obongjayar has been steadily increasing his profile over the last year or so, sharing the EPs Which Way is Forward? and the Sarz collaboration Sweetness as well as ...
London-based artist Obongjayar has confirmed details of his long-awaited debut album Some Nights I Dream Of Doors. The album features the previously released "Message In A Hammer" and new song "Try," ...