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 the 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". He has just completed 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 is currently scheduled for public release August 9th, 2019, led by singles "Space for My Guitar" and "Slowly".
Femi now features as a main songwriter, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and keyboard player for the Washington, DC based band and musicians' collective Indiana Jonesin. This band writes and performs its own original material, but the collective also serves as the core backing band for each of its members' solo material and solo performances.
His first solo project, a flamenco, jazz, and hip hop fusion From Spain With Love earned him OkayAfrica's "Indie Artist of the Month". He has just completed 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 is currently scheduled for public release August 9th, 2019, led by singles "Space for My Guitar" and "Slowly".
Femi now features as a main songwriter, vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and keyboard player for the Washington, DC based band and musicians' collective Indiana Jonesin. This band writes and performs its own original material, but the collective also serves as the core backing band for each of its members' solo material and solo performances.