A born performer, Asake used fashion as a kid to express himself: “Putting pieces together, trying to be different among everybody.” That spirit persists in a wild sartorial style that today features bursts of bright colors and funky remixes of traditional pieces—like the pinstripe suit and expressionist–style tie he wore on his last album cover. It’s chaos tempered by taste; proof of his talent for stirring styles together.
His approach to music is similar. Inspiration came first from his parents and the culture he grew up in, but…
