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"Afrohub Spotlight" The Premier. Lanrae The Guy with a Fresh Sound on the block:
Lanrae The Guy With A Fresh Sound On the Block:
There is no doubt that the Nigerian Music Industry is one of the fastest growing Industry in the World, with Afrobeats being an Umbrella term for the sounds coming out of Western Africa, Nigeria and it's closest Anglophone Neighbour, Ghana to be precised...under Afrobeats are diffrent kinds of Sub-Genres. Just few days ago I was on Spotify playing songs via the "New Discovery From Up and Coming Artistes" a playlist curated by one of Spotify's Top curator focused on the discovery of new emerging Talents and Indie Artistes, when a song came on. You no that feeling you get when a song is hard but you dont know who sang it ? That was the same feeling I got when Lanrae's "Bad Girl" came on, his sound was so fresh and dope that I had to look up his other songs "Phantom", “Killah”, "Monica" & "Hennessy" and to be honest they are all hard jams, so I decide to put it upon my self to follow up on his Journey...I made my research about him, pulled some strings and I ended up having a Q & A interview session with him over the Zoom thing.
The interview was scheduled for Saturday, 12th of March at 1:30pm prompt. It's past 12pm on Saturday and I kept checking my clock so as to be prompt with the timing we both agreed on. To be honest I'm not that good when it comes to keeping up in time for appointments or schedules...I'm prone to lateness and I guess that's one of my Toxic traits...I'm the kind of person that'd wake up at 4am on Sunday for a Church service that starts at 7:30am and still end up getting to Church Late. I kept watching my clock and the moment it was 1:30pm on the dot I placed a zoom call to Lanrea, he was on standby as well and he answered it right away.
"Hey, Big Man how you dey?"
"Hi! Baba I'm cool, I bet you're doing good as well" says Lanrae as he carried a bottle of Glenfiddich in front of him, poured it into a red disposable cup, mixed it with Pepsi and sips it. Judging by the visual through our shared Zoom window I can see that Lanrae is big on drip, Nigga had a Nike head warmer on, a Dior T-Shirt and a wrist watch that would look like an iWatch...although I can't be sure about what series it is. So I commenced with the
Q & A session and here is how it went below
How did you come about your stage name Lanrae ?
Lol it’s my name. But yeah I understand the question, I couldn’t find any stage name I felt matched with the “brand” so I went with myself. That’s how I got the name “LANRAE“ although the original spelling is “Lanre” and it’s a Yoruba name. i spelt it different tho but the same pronunciation.
What first got you into music?
I’ve actually been a big lover and fan of music since I was kid, So I started writing songs or stories as I call them. cause sup-pressingly everytime I ever wrote a song that had a meaning was based on bottled up emotions and feelings I’ve experienced all my life
How long have you been making Music?
I started music in 2018 with my first single bad girl but all that time I just did it for fun and the satisfaction it brought constantly making me happy never took it seriously like a business or something tho.
What's your Educational background ?
Really good lol
I grew up going to one of the best schools in Nigeria right from Time. My Dad always wanted us to be very educated not like then so I’m grate-full for that. It really helped me in life . Helped a lot interacting with the world although I wasn’t really a school person...currently I'm a final year Economics student at Babcock University, I really can't wait to graduate, Serve my country (NYSC) and know I'm done with the education thing for real mehn.
What would you be doing right now, if it wasn’t for your music career?
Probably trying to be an actor
Which Artiste inspired you to start making music or which Artiste do you look up to?
When I grew up or let me say as far back as I can remember when I started listening to a lot music the hunger and passion kept on growing cause I felt I had something the world will want to listen to. It’s Amazing
Who Produced your first ever song?
Ummmm
His name was mekenzy or KVC
Yhhh I remember going there that I was excited lol I couldn’t Even sleep the night before.
If you could go open a show for any artist who would it be?
I Never really thought about that.
I always thought about me going on my shows and giving my fans the best performance they have been waiting for.
But it will be a privilege right now to start open shows for any of the OG’s in the game.
Which A-List Artiste would would you love to collaborate with if you got the chance?
I’m sure I’ll make really great music with alot of them.
How would you describe your sound?
I’ll say it’s different. it’s different from what they gave you. But this is a new sound a new sound the world is waiting for.
How would you describe your Music Journey so far?
It’s had its up and downs but either ways still eager to go on this ride cause I know that’s what’s meant for me.
How would you rate your fashion sense ?
Me swagger baby lol
Lol you tell me when you meet me in Person.
What's the best Advice you've been given?
The right choices are always the hard choices.
What's next for you ?
My breakthrough it’s still a working progress. But I can see the impact.
Finally do you have any song or project comming on the way you know something for your fans to anticipate ?
Yes I have an EP tittled "Love and Rage" it's a 2 songs EP though. Track 1 is "Band it" and track 2 "Jonze me". I'm looking forward to realising it later this month.
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