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Stefflon Don Announced As Apple Music’s January 2018 ‘Up Next’ Artist

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Apple Music is excited to announce Stefflon Don as the new ‘Up Next’ artist for January 2018. The dancehall/rap artist joins the Apple Music ‘Up Next’ class of artists on the heels of her UK Top 10 single “Hurtin’ Me feat. French Montana,” latest single “Ding-A-Ling feat. Skepta” and a feature on Jax Jones & Demi Lovato’s worldwide smash “Instruction.” On January 17th, Apple Music will premiere a new documentary short film, as well as an exclusive sit-down interview with Beats 1 anchor Julie Adenuga. Later tonight, Stefflon Don will also make her U.S. national television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

“Conversations with Steff are always exciting and hilarious. She doesn’t do a lot of interviews, and I learn more about her every time we talk,” said Beats 1 anchor Julie Adenuga. “She’s extremely talented, and has the ability to make any style of music she likes without losing the magic of who she is.”

Stefflon Don adds, “I am really excited to be the new ‘Up Next’ Artist. Julie, Zane, Ebro and everyone at Beats 1 have been there with me from the start, and it’s great to be the first British artist to get this support from Apple Music. Can’t wait for you all to hear what I have coming this year! Its gonna be a mad Ting!”

After closing an already incredible 2017 with an appearance alongside Future and J. Balvin on the remix of MC Fioti’s “Bum Bum Tam Tam” as well as news that her top 10 single “Hurtin’ Me” went gold, Stefflon Don closed out an already exceptional year that saw the breakout star announce her debut headline tour, perform live on Alan Carr’s ‘New Year Spectacular’, BBC’s new ‘Sounds Like Friday Night’, Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball and live from the red carpet at the MTV EMA’s. In addition, the East London artist picked up a BRITs Critic’s Choice nomination, a win for Best Female Artist at the 2017 MOBOs and released new single ‘Ding-A-Ling’, which sees her spit her fierce trademark flow alongside grime legend Skepta. Already a fan favourite, the track is quickly adding considerable numbers to her 100m streams-and-counting.

 

 

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Nsrb Dray Starts The Year With ‘Eye For Eye’

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As if dropping a three-pack project filled with bangers was not eye-catching enough, Burgeoning Ghanaian talent NSRB Dray has served another masterpiece with the release of his new single “Eye for Eye.” 

Known for singing from raw emotions, NSRB Dray takes it a step further in this new release where he talks about being in a state of despair and self-doubt.

However, there’s no doubt about his intentions on the record. NSRB Dray goes in hard from the first beat drop on the YNT Deezy-produced track. 

On “Eye for Eye,” he glides on the boppy instrumentals for two minutes straight, highlighting the world’s abundance of greed, unforgiveness, ego, and pride. 

He opens with his version of the famous Mahatma Gandhi saying, “An eye for an Eye leaves the world blind,” before letting his baritone vocals shine through what can pass a “here’s how the world works” pep talk to the listeners.

The record boasts of superior rawness draped around melodious saxophone sounds by Sam Aryee, missing in so many fine-tuned street-preaching jams lately. NSRB Dray’s delivery stands out as the lyrics pierce the ears and hearts of the listeners to nod and note down. 
He shared the reason for his choice of lyrics exclusively to Amplify Ghana, stating that his never-give-up spirit pushed him to send a message of hope to his audience. 

Eye for Eye is a music piece written in a state of disrepair and self-doubt. It talks about not giving up and staying well composed in every situation,” he explained. 

After dropping “PLAN B” which touched on a similar subject matter, last year, this new release could easily pass as his master plan, but the singer’s unpredictability and versatility means fans can expect different sounds from him.

“Eye for Eye,” is NSRB Dray’s 2025 welcome message. It was mixed by the singer and mastered by talented sound engineer QID Korle.

Don’t miss out on the message, stream ‘Eye for Eye’ here.

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