Nigerian Afropop artist Yemi Alade has featured a renowned Kenyan Female Rapper in a new album dubbed ‘Rebel Queen’.
In a press release on Friday, Yemi disclosed that she had featured a couple of artists in the 16-track album including Wanjiku Kimani popularly known as Femi One.
“The 16-track album also features collaborations with Konshens & Femi One in “Baddie Remix”, Angelique Kidjo in “African Woman” and Innoss’B in “Lipeka”, the statement read.
According to Yemi, the album title is a testament to her reign as Africa’s Queen of Afropop and unapologetic love for her originality, heritage and love for the African continent.
She explained that “To be a Rebel is to travel the path less traveled. To Rebel is to continuously be true to oneself even when one’s personal choices are not regarded as popular opinion.”
Similarly, the album describes Yemi Alade’s bold spirit and global domination to a great degree.
“I am a true rebel in words and in action. I have always charted my own course and walked the path less traveled. A lot of albums tend to have monotony in genre and style, and it bores me easily most times. This album has something new, old and borrowed,” noted the Nigerian star.
“Every song is unique and a capsule of my thoughts, melodies and truck load of nostalgia,” adding, “All the collaborations excite me! I couldn’t wait to share, especially because I am a fan of these artists.”
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Rebel Queen
‘Rebel Queen’ is a cocktail of different genres from AfroPop, Dancehall, Amapiano, Lingala, Afrobeats to Reggae and R&B, with multiple flavours that will appeal to every single music lover from any corner in the world.
Yemi Alade stated that she drew her inspiration from the music she grew up listening to which she described as music of High life and different genres that got people excited in Africa.
“I was inspired by the core African music of High life and different genres that got us excited as Africans. I created this album with the sole purpose of creating music I grew up loving and the variety I have grown to love now.”
Yemi Alade 2024 Accomplishments
Yemi started the year 2024 on a big note – performing at the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) opening ceremony. ‘Rebel Queen’ adds to Yemi’s global domination.
She has already joined her fans and industry stakeholders in celebrating the album at release parties across the globe in the cities of Paris, London, New York and Lagos.
Additionally, she will this year embark on her ‘Rebel Queen Tour’, following a successful ‘African Baddie’ world tour alongside her African Train Band that stopped in 22 countries through Africa, America and Europe in 2023.
“Growing up, African pop music was a mixture of music that carried messages and helped us through different situations in life. This album is a blend of what my playlist consists of right now e.g. the new and old pop music that cuts across generations and boundaries,” she stated.
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Music Background
Yemi Alade is a Nigerian singer-songwriter with many talents that include being an actress and an all-round entertainer.
She is the first African female AfroPop star to hit over 100 million Views on YouTube and VEVO with her smash hit single “Johnny”, which is also one of the most viewed music videos from Africa and one of the biggest Afrobeats songs globally.
In 2023, she scooped The Best Music Video award for “Baddie” at the inaugural Trace Awards.
Her discography includes ‘Mamapiano’ EP (2023), ‘African Baddie’ (2022), ‘Queendoncom’ (2021), ‘Empress’ (2020), ‘Woman of Steel’ (2019), ‘Black Magic & Deluxe Version’ (2017), ‘Mama Afrique EP’ (2017), ‘Mama Africa – The Diary of an African Woman’ (2016) and ‘King of Queens’ (2014). Yemi was also featured in Beyoncé’s compilation album ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ on “Don’t Jealous Me”.
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