5. Afrikan Boy – Hit Em Up

On his continual rise in the UK music scene, afrobeat and grime fusion rap artist Afrikan Boy, dropped a  Fela Kuti sampled single “Hit Em Up” in 2013. Produced by New York outfit ‘The Two Fifteens’.

“ My father always played Fela in the house when I was young, his music is my cultural compass to where my family came from” says Afrikan Boy “Hit Em Up is a part of my story as an artist in the UK expressing my dual cultural upbringing.”