{"id":71790,"date":"2021-02-11T17:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=71790"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T13:35:00","slug":"blaqbonez-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/blaqbonez-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Blaqbonez?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blaqbonez<\/a>, born Akumefule Chukwu-Emeka, and the self proclaimed Best Rapper in Africa (BRIA), is one of Nigeria\u2019s most promising artists on the scene today. The title doesn\u2019t come without its accolades. At the early age of 16 Blaqbonez began his artistic career as a battle rapper, winning 1st place out of 3000 rappers at Terry tha Rapman’s Zombie competition and earning him a spot on the Terry\u2019s 2012 World Domination Mixtape alongside superstars like Olamide. Balqbonez\u2019s boastful personality shines through on his debut, saying in the \u201cZombie<\/em>\u201d intro, \u201cShout out to Terry but really nah me be Rapman<\/em>\u201d. And Blaqbonez has been making waves ever since. Whether it\u2019s creating controversy with his infamous diss track \u201cBest Rapper in Africa<\/a>\u201d or flaunting his scandalous sense of humour on Twitter, it seems the young Nigerian isn\u2019t afraid of anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018 Blaqbonez has released 3 EPs, Bad Boy Blaq<\/em> (2018), Bad Boy Blaq Re-Up<\/em> (2019), and Mr. Boombastic<\/em> (2019) and a series of singles that have swerved in and out of hip-hop, afrobeats, r&b, without reservation. Whether it\u2019s the contagious feel-good of \u201cMamiwota\u201d, the sinister drip of \u201cHaba\u201d, or the trap inspired \u201cOAU Boy\u201d, Blaqbonez is covering more than his fair share of musical ground. In a recent single, the afrobeats heavy \u201cBBC\u201d (no, not the British Broadcasting Corporation), was just remixed with a feature from Tiwa Savage, pushing the once internet battle rapper ever further into the mainstream. Now Blaqbonez releases his debut album Sex Over Love<\/em> with features from Joeboy, Nasty C, Amaarae, and Bad Boy Timz, is sure to propel the artist to yet another level of prestige.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We checked in with Blaqbonez to talk about his career thus far, his controversy, style, and what\u2019s next for the young artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is Blaqbonez?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaqbonez is just somebody that\u2019s crazy. They say every genius is crazy. I just do exactly what I want and I don\u2019t follow rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s this quote on the outro of \u201cI Told You\u201d that goes, \u201cFirst they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.<\/em>\u201d Does this translate to the way you see your career and music? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah. Every time when I want to do something everybody\u2019s like \u201cthat\u2019s no how you\u2019re supposed to look<\/em>\u201d or \u201cthat\u2019s not how you\u2019re supposed to do it<\/em>\u201d so basically they don\u2019t agree with me at first but I do it and they see how I eventually make it work and they start changing their mindset and start teaching the next people that, \u201coh, Blaqbonez did it like this, it can be done<\/em>\u201d First they ignore you, then they fight you then they follow you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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