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Johannesburg, Friday, 23 September 2022 – Mr Eazi has shared “Patek,” his new single featuring DJ Tárico (Mozambique) and Joey B (Ghana). Listen HERE– . The pan-African banger is Mr Eazi’s first dive into amapiano, the genre that’s exploded out of South Africa’s dance music underground to become a global phenomenon recently. Mr Eazi recorded an early version of the song on a whim in South Africa with DJ Tárico, whose amapiano smash “Yaba Baluku” took Africa by storm over the past year.
After a brief snippet posted to TikTok generated thousands of user-generated videos and millions of views, Eazi recruited Ghanaian rapper Joey B to help him finish the track — and crystallize its banger status.
The result is one of Eazi’s lightest and breeziest tunes. An air of detached cool courses through Mr Eazi and Joey B’s vocals while DJ Tárico’s icy rhythm blends amapiano’s rolling, “log drum” basslines with atmospheric accordions. “It’s really not that deep,” Mr Eazi says. “It’s a fun song that I can’t wait to perform. And it’s got Nigeria, Ghana and Mozambique all together on one track.”
“Patek” follows recent singles “Legalize” and “Personal Baby” among Mr Eazi’s 2022 releases. Fans can expect more singles from the Nigerian music superstar and African business innovator before year’s end, as he gears up to share his long-awaited official debut album in 2023.
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ABOUT MR EAZI
MR EAZI is a musical innovator, business leader and philanthropist. As a recording artist, the Nigerian multihyphenate is the voice behind afropop hits “Pour Me Water,” “Skin Tight” and “Leg Over,” as well as groundbreaking collaborations with the likes of Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and J Balvin, and the creator of Banku Music, a fusion of Ghanaian and Nigerian sounds and culture.
A serial entrepreneur, he founded emPawa Africa in 2019 as a talent incubator program designed to accelerate the careers of African artists —an initiative hailed by CNN, Rolling Stone, Billboard and Forbes for its innovative approach to expanding African music’s global reach. It’s since been expanded into a music services company providing publishing, distribution, and marketing services to independent artists and record labels. Mr Eazi has clocked over 3 billion streams across DSPs, making him one of the most streamed African artists worldwide.
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