{"id":96510,"date":"2022-01-12T17:17:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=96510"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T10:01:41","slug":"roundup-pan-african-rap-blaqbonez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/roundup-pan-african-rap-blaqbonez\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaqbonez, Earl Sweatshirt, Elzo Jamdong &#038; more on this week\u2019s Pan African Rap roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also including new music from Fior 2 Bior, Abyusif, and Oduma Essan. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Each week Pan African Music curates the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora. Sub-genres like drill, trap, grime or hip hop interpretations of Afropop, amapiano, coup\u00e9-d\u00e9cal\u00e9, and electro mahragan all make an appearance, attesting to hip hop&#8217;s power to unite the word with indomitable flows and creative melodies. Rap is now the world&#8217;s music, and our pan-African selection is only scratching the surface. If it&#8217;s here, it means we think it bumps, and would be confident sharing it with hip hop heads everywhere. We encourage you to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s Pan African Rap roundup features Nigeria&#8217;s Blaqbonez, Ivory Coast native Fior 2 Bior, Los Angeles based Earl Sweatshirt, Senegalise driller Elzo Jamdong and more. Follow and share our Pan African Rap playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3wKFGudR28CR8bdnMSnSXQ?si=f-Sq8RdmQGe2Q3gFYid8CA\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/en\/playlist\/8240716902\">Deezer<\/a> for the entire selection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Blaqbonez -  Okwaraji Remix (feat. 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Bella Shmurda)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nigeria, December 22nd, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian bad boy <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/blaqbonez\/\">Blaqbonez<\/a> remixes his track \u201cOkwaraji\u201d off his <em>Sex Over Love <\/em>LP this time inviting one of Nigeria\u2019s most hyped rappers <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/bella-shmurda\/\">Bella Shmurda<\/a>. A fine link-up from two of Nigeria\u2019s next generation superstars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Earl Sweatshirt - Titanic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hhsW4_wPwEU?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Earl Sweatshirt<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cTitanic\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United States, January 7, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earl Sweatshirt, former Odd Future member alongside Tyler the Creator and son of South African Tswana poet, Keorapetse Kgositsile, announces his upcoming EP <em>Sick!<\/em> with this trip-hoppy, COVID layered take on this Black Noi$e production.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"ELZO JAMDONG - SEMBENE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D8VRPD8W3-k?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elzo Jamdong&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cSembene\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senegal, December 21st, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegalise rapper Elzo Jamdong comes in with a drill heavy track in honor of the late Senegalise director, producer and writer Ousmane Sembene. The track comes with a hyper engaging clip for which Elzo states, \u201c<em>I need to be clear that this clip never would have existed without the extraordinary works of Sembene Ousmane<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"FIOR 2 BIOR ( GODO GODO ) CLIP OFFICIEL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OqMEHwY8FUM?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fior 2 Bior<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cGodogodo\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ivory Coast, December 25th, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivory Coast native Fior 2 Bior continues to mix his own version of rap and coup\u00e9-d\u00e9cal\u00e9 on this latest single. Following the success of his superstar collaboration with rapper Niska on \u201cGnommi\u201d, this high octane track is another surefire win for Francophone rap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Abyusif - Kalem Canaca ( Prod. 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Trap is the sound that rules in Egypt today<\/em>.\u201d Abyusif declared in his last <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/skrrt-skrrt-habibi-introducing-egyptian-trap\/\">interview<\/a> with PAM. For this single Egypt\u2019s top rapper takes a break from his diss war with Marwan Moussa to give us a new minimalist track that highlights the rapper&#8217;s smooth take on trap music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Oduma Essan X Fid Q - Trap (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMv_JuV8gRE?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oduma Essan feat. 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