Negash Ali - The African Dream ft Temu [Music Video]
He is now London based and signed to Warner Chappell and wants to share with you his new video 'The African Dream' from the EP.
He was chosen as Capital Xtra's 'New Breakthrough Act' last year and has performed at Splash & HipHopKemp - two of the biggest Hip-Hop festivals in Europe, along with recently opening up for Dom Kennedy in London last week.
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MTV UK: "Negash Ali is really one to watch out for this year"
BBC RADIO 1XTRA"Negash Ali is in the UK and I gotta say we should just adopt him as a UK resident – his music is ON POINT!"
YAHOO.COM: "Negash Ali has not had a journey like your average recording artist. His life story is one untold and inexperienced by many..."
RESPECT MAG: "Negash Alis'... Latest EP "The African Dream" is brimming with emotion and wisdom."
Fresh from supporting Dom Kennedy at his sold out London show this Tuesday, Negash Ali is ready to present the visuals to the title trackfrom his ”The African Dream” EP; After the successful releases of ”What You Got” & ”Fire in The Sky”, Negash is now ready to introduce people to his unconventional life story;
Born to Eritrean parents in the midst of the Eritrea and Ethiopia conflict in 1990, Negash's family spent 5 years invarious refugee camps before settling in Denmark. Negash says about the track & video:
”I felt like I had to introduce the world to my story and also shed some light on what it means to be a refugee. My parents dream was always to come to Europe, so their children could have better opportunities, so in that sense I’m a product of that dream, hence the ”The African Dream” title.”
Negash has recently moved to London yet he's already managed to strike a publishing deal with Warner Music, get ”What You Got” premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra, perform at the Lovebox Festival & share a bill with The-Dream. This was done in co-operation with CapitalXtra, where Negash was named "New Breakthough Act of 2013".
The 23-year old Eritrean has also written for and worked with the likes of Chris Brown, Jadakiss & Bob Sinclar, opened up for Ne-Yo, Wiz Khalifa, Nas, Damian Marley & performed at Europes 2 biggest hiphop festivals; Splash & HipHopKemp.
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