Video: Usher x Sinkane x The Afghan Whigs 'Runnin'"

Watch Sudanese-bred Sinkane perform his upbeat single "Runnin'" with Usher and The Afghan Whigs live at SXSW.

Video: Usher x Sinkane x The Afghan Whigs 'Runnin'"


Photo by Phillip Di Fiore

Over the weekend at Austin's SWSX music festival our dude Sinkane — who crafted one of the very first Africa In Your Earbuds mixtapes — was called onstage by none other than R&B prince Usher and indie-rock pioneers The Afghan Whigs to perform "Runnin'," a song we premiered here almost a year ago. Usher and Sinkane ran amok onstage, both jumping, gyrating and shouting the falsetto croons to Sinkane's single — and, yes, Usher and The Afghan Whigs knew every word and drum fill. Watch it below, starting at the 23-minute mark via FADER Fort.

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