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ABOUT FEMI
Femi is a Nigerian American artist currently based in Washington, DC. He fell in love with the traditional music in Nigerian religious and social gatherings, learning traditional dances. After learning piano at the age of eight, he would spend his formative years learning saxophone and being exposed to jazz and classical music. In college, he joined the Indiana University Soul Revue where he honed his skills even further, beginning to experiment more and more with hip-hop.​ As a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, keyboards, saxophones, Afro-Brazilian percussion), rapper, and singer, his projects feature heavy use of live instrumentation, much of which he performs himself. As a composer, the instrumentation featured on his work ranges heavily from orchestral instrumentation to more traditional rock instrumentation. His first solo project, a flamenco, jazz, and hip hop fusion From Spain With Love earned him OkayAfrica's "Indie Artist of the Month".  His sophomore effort and new concept album From Indiana With Love, mixing blues rock, soul, and hip hop into an ambitious set of sounds.  It has been released to radio, where it debuted at the top of the NACC charts as the "Most Added" Hip Hop album.  It was released August 9th, 2019, led by singles "Space for My Guitar" and "Slowly".

Femi is hard at work recording his new album From 4C With Love at the Grammy-award winning studio Bias Recording in Springfield, Virginia. The project is led by singles "Same Thing (ft. Niu Raza)" and "Walk on By (ft. Black Assets)". The remainder of the album will be released in April 2023.
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