Young Fathers Perform 'Only Child' For Okay Acoustic
Watch Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers perform a stripped-down, acappella version of "Only Child" for Okayafrica TV.
Scottish-Nigerian-Liberian trio Young Fathers performed a stripped-down version of "Only Child" for Okayafrica TV before their recent show in Brooklyn. We filmed band members 'G' Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi and Kayus Bankole at an empty Music Hall of Williamsburg as they ran through a chilling, acappella rendition of their Tape Two mixtape highlight. Young Fathers are currently wrapping up a global tour in support of their latest album White Men Are Black Men Too, the follow-up to their Mercury Prize-winningDead LP. Watch our Okay Acoustic episode with Young Fathers below.
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