Yung6ix unveils audacious trap-afrobeats fusion on ‘Introduction to Trapfro’ album

The approach taken by the Nigerian rap star Yung6ix on his brand new third album Introduction to Trapfro is bold: it is a limelight of seminal trap and afrobeats fusion sound. Yung6ix’s Introduction To Trapfro album is the follow-up project to his critically acclaimed 2017 album High Star and fan-favourite 2016 EP Billionaire Ambitions, which both charted in the top 10 of the iTunes world album charts.

The long-awaited and highly anticipated release sees the influential Nigerian rapper return with another game changing body of work. By successfully capturing a unique rap sound that perfectly meets at the intersection of his foundational hip hop influences and his strong Nigerian heritage and African culture.

Some of the African continent’s most sought-after producers are brought together such as emPawa’s E Kelly, who has worked with Major Lazer, Wizkid, Davido, and Mr Eazi, among others, Fresh VDM (Burna Boy, Davido, Not3s), and Disally (Davido, Phyno, Korede Bello), to mention a few, as well as a handful of guest stars from the wealth of Nigeria’s rap music scene, including Sinzu, Dammy Krane, Peruzzi, Erriga, and Payper Corleone.

Yung6ix has under his belt two iTunes World top 10 albums under, collaborations with some of the biggest Afrobeats stars including Wizkid, Davido, Mr Eazi and Yemi Alade, as well as his millions of juggernaut dreamers aka his loyal tribe of fans, including over 3 million social media followers, who have grown with him over the years, ever since his 2011 debut mixtape Green Light Green, with which he burst onto the African music scene. Over the past decade he is revered on the continent as one of the most influential rappers that have been putting African hip hop on the global map. He has never looked back since.

Yung6ix says, “Trapfro is a new hybrid genre of music I felt I could contribute to the global music scene in 2020, it is a fusion of trap and afrobeats music. Growing up and listening to some of my favourite rappers in the west, I often wondered what kind of music they would have been making if they grew up in Africa, and I think this record might just answer that question for me.

So I’ve delivered on a genre that is comfortably defined by both African and western interpretations of rap, trap and hip-hop music, and out of that sound, we’ve birthed this ‘Introduction To Trapfro’ album to bring you into our new world”, about the inspiration behind his new ‘Introduction to Trapfro’ album.

Listen to Introduction To Trapfro below