Afrikan Boy

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Afrikan Boy


Img_capt = Afrikan Boy supporting M.I.A. at the 2007 Rock en Seine Festival in Paris, France
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Background = solo_singer
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Alias = Afrikan Boy
Born = birth date and age|1989|3|28|df=yes
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Origin = Nigeria
Genre = Afrobeat, grime, new wave
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 2000s
Label = Zig-Zag
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Afrikan Boy (born 28 March 1989) [cite web |title=Afrikan Boy |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/bands/12208 |work=Drowned in Sound |accessdate=2008-03-04 ] is a grime/Afrobeat/new wave MC from Woolwich, London, England, originally from Nigeria.cite journal |last=Hampson |first=Simon |title=Afrikan Boy |journal= FACT Magazine |url=http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=370&Itemid=27 ] He made a guest appearance on the track "Hussel" from the M.I.A. album "Kala",cite journal |last = Lindsay |first = Cam |date=2007-08-03 |title = Afrikanboy - "One Day I Went to Lidl" |journal = Exclaim! |url = http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=113&csid2=804&fid1=26986] and is one of the initial artists M.I.A. wanted signed to her label in 2007, then titled Zig-Zag. [cite news |first=Rosie |last=Swash |title=Sugababes aren't so sweet without Mutya |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/singlesclub/story/0,,2176814,00.html |work=guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=2007-09-25 |accessdate=2008-03-04 ] A remix of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" was uploaded onto her MySpace featuring Afrikan Boy and fellow tour mate Rye Rye. He also appeared on a remix of "We Takin' Over" from the Lil Wayne mixtape "Da Drought 3". [cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/48219-afrikan-boy-we-takin-ova-stream |title=New Music: Afrikan Boy: "We Takin' Ova" |accessdate=2008-03-04 |last=Hinshaw |first=Drew F. |date=2008-01-28 |work=Pitchfork Media ] Afrikan Boy has never appeared on pirate radio, a performance opportunity common in the grime genre.cite news |first=Matthew |last=McKinnon |title=Grime Wave |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/grimewave.html |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2005-05-05 |accessdate=2008-02-24 ] He has a mixtape in the works, tentatively entitled "Can of Whoop Ass". He is currently studying for a Psychology degree at Brunel University.cite article|author= Emmanuel ‘BoyWonder’ Ezugwu|title=Head2head: Afrikanboy Vs Cassette Playa|url=http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6794/Head2head-Afrikanboy-Vs-Cassette-Playa.html|publisher="RWD magazine"|accessdate=2008-10-09]

Touring in support of M.I.A. on her 2007 KALA Tour and 2008 People Vs. Money Tour as well as headlining his own shows, Afrikan Boy has appeared at the Splash! festival, and is set to release a mixtape before his album's release in 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.afrikanboy.co.uk/ Official website]
*Discogs artist | artist = Afrikan+Boy | name = Afrikan Boy