Video: Rotimi On Growing Up As a First-Generation Nigerian Immigrant & His New Afrobeats-Inspired EP
We sit down with the Nigerian singer and actor for our latest installment of 'Moments With'
You may know Rotimi from his role in the Starz hit show 'Power,' but you should also get to know his afrobeats-inspired music.
We sit down with the Nigerian singer and actor and talk to him about growing up in a Nigerian household in New Jersey and how his mother pushed him to do music. Plus, we get the dish on his buzzing new single "Love Riddim," which is already at over a million plays on Spotify, and how it was created. Rotimi's upcoming EP, Walk With Me, is due out May 24.
Watch below.
Moments With is a cross-brand series between Okayplayer and OkayAfrica, bringing viewers in for an intimate moment with some of the most iconic names and people to watch in entertainment.
Credits:
Producers | Kam Tambini & Greg Poole
Editor | Israel Nava
Cinematographer | Sam Henriques