Bella Shmurda Interview: Nigerian Millenial's Voice of the Street
Street music influences pop culture, whether in Lagos, Nigeria, or Atlanta, Georgia. In the first few months of 2019, Abiola Akinbiyi, better known as Bella Shmurda, rose to viral prominence off a freestyle, “Vision 2020.” In it, he sang about failed government promises, the weight of expectations on him by his family to make it big, and the endless struggles of trying to make it out of the hood. When acclaimed street-hop dancer Poco Lee posted the video on social media, Olamide reached out...
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