But when his first album, Black Thoughts, arrived last year at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, it hit the Australian music scene not just like a sledgehammer but like a meteor. Styled by Lewis Munro.īorn in Bellingen to a Wik and Solomon Islander father and a mother of Scottish descent, Ramo began making music in his teens. Photographed by Burçin Ergün in Shoreditch, London. “You never know where inspiration will come from.” - Alara Kap “From Ahmet Kaya to Kid Cudi, Duman to Slowthai, everything I listen to is a collection,” says Taha. The resulting songs don’t show any seams, just a deft combination of tradition and modernity that brings to mind the work of an artist like Rosalía. Born in Antalya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, and now based in London, Taha has spent his career accumulating disparate influences that he stitches together in the studio.
The pair of EPs epitomize the borderless nature of Taha’s sound: You can hear shades of Kid Cudi, Noah “40” Shebib’s collaborations with Drake and Majid Jordan, and Turkish pop crooners from decades past. Taha’s Hoppa project continued this year with a second installment, this one an even moodier take on R&B. “Just like everyone else,” he says, “I’ve accumulated a lot in my head, which shows through the way I think, live, and create music.” It dropped last year as one of the standouts of Taha’s EP Hoppa pt. One of the best nights Emir Taha had during the turbulent past year was spent cooped up in an Airbnb, putting the finishing touches on a track he’d titled “Kendine Gel.” The song-an R&B number layered with synths and Eastern melismas-reckoned with a universal challenge: getting ahold of yourself in difficult times. Amidst all this, he’s doubling down on manifesting his future: “I am definitely on my way to being one of the greatest African artists in the world.” - GQ South Africa staff In February, he linked up with Nigerian-American Afrobeat overlord Davido to drop a remix of “Ke Star,” which clocked millions of streams and got co-signs from Diddy and Alicia Keys. That’s why the people who listen to my music and love it can relate to it-it represents them.” Right now, Focalistic has hit a stride that’s quickly becoming a victory lap.
“It showcases the growth in our culture and how dope African music continues to be. “My music is about what’s happening in South Africa and Africa right now,” he says. But he struck a nerve on the continent by holding up a mirror to the youth. “That happened.” Post-manifesting, Focalistic broke out on the South African Amapiano scene with a string of tracks that blend deep house, rap, and jazz. 1 hit in 2020,” says Lethabo Sebetso, a.k.a. “In 2016, before my career took off, I wrote on Twitter that I would have a No. “I’m treating it as an off-season, just trying to get better.” Championships await. But first, he’s taking a rest-at least for a minute.
It’s about “knowing what type of legacy I want to leave five years from now,” he explains.
On Fame, Polo has transformed himself from melodic street rapper to megastar, proving he can hang with his idols (Lil Wayne), make big pop songs (“For the Love of New York”), and notch a chart-topping hit while retaining his core sound (“Rapstar”). But I only recently found a deeper passion for it.” He’s sitting in the lobby of the Dream Downtown, in Manhattan, reflecting on his new project, Hall of Fame, which topped the Billboard 200 and is starting to feel like one of those pivotal third albums that announce a generational talent (think Kanye’s Graduation or J. “I’ve had a passion for rapping since I was 19,” he says, “and it’s been fun. A shy 22-year-old named Taurus Tremani Bartlett, he calls himself Polo G, after his favorite fashion label and a friend named Gucci, who died at 16. Cole and Migos returned from hiatus, they found a new name dominating the charts. This summer, as heavyweight rappers like J. With his latest project, Hall of Fame, the 22-year-old Chicago-born rapper Polo G announced himself as a generational talent.
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