{"id":113241,"date":"2022-10-11T17:26:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=113241"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:26:22","slug":"lady-lykez-killa-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/lady-lykez-killa-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Lykez teases new project with hilarious \u201cKillaBee\u201d video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lady Lykez is a queen bee in the video for her buzzing new track \u201cKilla Bee\u201d, the first single from her upcoming EP Woza<\/em>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Three years after the Muhammad Ali EP<\/em>, North London rapper Lady Lykez is back with fresh music. Her new single \u201cKilla Bee\u201d is a catchy, electric dancehall<\/a> anthem. Right from the start and down to the last second, Lady Lykez is giving witty, conceited lyrics and summoning the audience to move to the almost menacing beat, an unnerving bee-like sound rushing in the listeners ears. The chorus is punctuated with signature dancehall energizing vocals, while her voice sounds more high-pitched, almost computer-generated on the verses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accompanying video, directed by Dego Visionz, is so ludicrous it works. After a rather serious introduction to the dangerous Africanized killer bees, Lykez appears in the hilarious shape of the insect. Her comically larger face is attached to a bee\u2019s body, as she\u2019s terrorizing the inhabitants of North London with her stinging sound. Back in her hive, she sports bug-eyes-like shades and a black-and-yellow look, spitting her lines at the camera in a Missy Elliott fashion. Lady Lykez has often mentioned the American legendary act as an inspiration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKilla Bee\u201d announces Lady Lykez\u2019 upcoming project Woza <\/em>releasing October 28th. The five-track EP features Durban Afrorave DJ MC Toya Delazi and Grime voice Trim. Lady Lykez also enlisted the help of funky, genre-bending DJ and producer Scratchclart<\/a>, who produced her last EP. Woza <\/em>is dancehall based, but therefore tinted with Gqom <\/a>and even Amapiano<\/a> influences. Even the title Woza<\/em>, understand \u201ccome on\u201d in zulu, is South African inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to \u201cKilla Bee\u201d in our Afro + club<\/a> playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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