Afropop icon Adekunle Gold embraces Nigerian roots with new album – SouthTexasNews.com

A man with a trimmed beard and short hair, channeling his Nigerian roots, wears a brown blazer over a white shirt and gold chain, posing against a dark background.

Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold returns to his roots on Friday with the release of his sixth album, “Fuji”, which he described as a tribute to the ancestral sounds of his home country.

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“That sound is the soundtrack of Lagos. It’s everywhere. That sound gave birth to Afrobeats and all the things that we hear right now,” Gold told AFP in Paris. 

A descendant of the Kosoko royal family, the Afropop icon draws…

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