When two-time Grammy nominee Asake logged onto Zoom from L.A. last week, he was fresh off a late-night studio session, mid-bed rot, and feeling unusually pensive. “Even people that don’t understand my mother language can still feel the feeling,” said the Lagos-born Afrobeats star, self-styled as “Mr. Money,” of his primarily Yoruba-sung discography. Later in the week, he proved this sentiment, swapping sheets for strings at Red Bull Symphonic with Asake, the first-ever Afrobeats symphonic concert in New York City…
