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Talent manager/Nigerian singer and songwriter Bankulli dishes a brand new song titled “Gbemiro” with special assist from Wurld. This a conscious song produced by Nonso Amadi, tagged Afro-Spiritual.
Bankulli is a name that doesn’t need much of an introduction to most afropop fans, who know him from his 2000s work with Mo’ Hits Records, D’banj, Kanye West, and Jay Z, to his most recent collaborations with Beyoncé on Lion King: The Gift. Bankulli, whose real names are Abisagboola Oluseun John, is one who wears many hats in the industry. On the streets, he is recognized as one of Afrobeats custodian.
Bankulli who featured in Beyonce’s 2019 movie project “The Lion King” has increased the influence of Afrobeat and Afropop to the world. To promote the Wurld spiritual sound he taps on the fast rising unique singer for a collaboration. Performed mostly in his native Yoruba language, “Gbemiro” is a prayer, an invocation sparked by a greater yearning and a plea of exaltation to his destiny. On the inspiration behind the song, Bankulli says ”the world at this moment needs hope and the only way I know to spread any ray of it despite everything happening around us is through songs and words that will be uplifting.”
“The world at this moment needs hope and the only way i know to give this,” Bankulli says in a recent interview.