Nigerian rapper known for blending Yoruba and English in his rap Blaqbonez has released his new single, “Commander.”
In 2019, Blaqbonez was profiled by The New York Times as one of the new guards of Nigerian music. He is widely known for his controversial self-proclaimed status as the “Best Rapper in Africa” (abbreviated as “BRIA”), which became the most talked about topic in the Nigerian hip hop space between July and September 2019.
Blaqbonez released his eighth EP Bad Boy Blaq on 31 August 2018. It was released as part of the L.A.M.B project, a series of three hip hop albums that attempts to reawaken Nigerian hip hop.
Bad Boy Blaq was executively produced by M.I Abaga and released through 100 Crowns, a label imprint of Chocolate City. The EP was the last of three releases and was preceded by M.I Abaga’s A Study on Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl (2018). A reissue of the EP, titled Bad Bloy Blaq Re-Up, was released in February 2019.
Blaqbonez released his ninth EP Mr. Boombastic on 25 October 2019. A day before the release of the EP, Blaqbonez released the promotional single “Jesus Is Black (Letter to Kanye West)”. In it, he tells Kanye West to postponed the release of his ninth studio album Jesus Is King, which had the same release date as Mr. Boombastic.
In 2020, Blaqbonez dropped a new song ‘Haba’.
On 30 April 2021 blaqbones dropped his album Sex Over Love. Blaqbonez is finally sharing his truth and reality with the world through his much-awaited album “Sex Over Love“. The 14-track album houses previously released songs like “Bling” featuring Amaarae and Buju, “BBC (Remix)” featuring Tiwa Savage and “Haba“.
Other artists featured on the album include Nasty C on “Heartbreaker“, Joeboy on “Fendi“, Bad Boy Timz and 1Da Banton on “Faaji“, Laycon, Psycho YP and AQ on “Zombie” and Superboy Cheque on “Best Friend“.
On Sep 17, 2021 Blaqbones dropped 1000 Years. On this song, “1000 Years” the disk jockey DJ Yankee employed the rap flows of Chocolate City rapper and Bling crooner, Blaqbonez and Penthauze Music act, Cheque who single-handedly enhanced the song with his superb rap flows, catchy lyrics, and melody.
