Olushola Oluwaseun Ajose, better known by his stage name Afrikan Boy (born 28 March 1989),[2] is a Nigerian-born
grime artist from the
Woolwich district of
London.[3] He went viral with a track entitled "One day I went to
Lidl", recorded at That SP Studios.[4][5][6][7]
Ajose made a guest appearance on the track "Hussel" from the
M.I.A. album Kala,[8] and is one of the initial artists M.I.A. wanted signed to her label
N.E.E.T. Recordings (then called Zig-Zag) in 2007.[9] A remix of M.I.A.'s "
Paper Planes" was uploaded onto her MySpace featuring Afrikan Boy and tourmate
Rye Rye. Afrikan Boy has never appeared on
pirate radio,[3] a performance opportunity common in the grime genre.[10] He studied for a
Psychology degree at
Brunel University.[11]
Touring in support of M.I.A. on her 2007
KALA Tour and 2008
People Vs. Money Tour as well as headlining his own shows, Ajose has appeared at the
Splash! festival. On 26 June 2011, he released his
mixtape named "What Took You So Long" on his
website for free. On 18 August 2014, he released his LP The ABCD on Yam Records.[12][13]
Ajose also contributed to the work of DJ Shadow and Africa Express alongside Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, Damon Albarn and Fatoumata Diawara.[14]
His song "Hit Em Up" also featured on the
soundtrack for the 2016 video game Forza Horizon 3.
References
^"ANCESTRY". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 1 May 2023.