Is this the 21st century Black Atlantic (minus the intellectualism or the race politics)? Yes it is Fally Ipupa, the Congolese superstar, and R&B singer, Olivia, who used to be on rapper 50 Cent’s G-Unit label.
Bling, fantasy, and immigrant culture in Europe and American R&B meet.
The media blog that is not about famine, Bono, or Barack Obama. Contributors are: Sean Jacobs (he started AIAC), Brett Davidson, Gregory Mann, Will Glass, Neelika Jayawardane, Kathryn Mathers, Marissa Moorman, Lily Saint, Melissa Levin, Dan Moshenberg; Caitlin L. Chandler; Dylan Valley; Abdourahman Waberi; Boima Tucker, Anni Lyngskaer, Sophia Azeb, Tom Devriendt, Loren Lynch, Basia Lewandowska Cummings, Elliot Ross, Orlando Reade and Megan Eardley; Hinda Talhaoui; ‘kola (Bukola Jejeloye); and Mikko Kapanen. Pre-August 2009 posts are archived here.
I heard about this but didn’t check it out. They sound good together! Olivia looks soo good in the video…sick.