It feels like Obongjayar is on the precipice of going big. The 32-year-old — real name Steven Umoh but prefers to go by OB — has been making music for over a decade but his profile has swelled in ...

He wasn’t always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making “terrible American rap,” he says, trying to be someone he was not. “If you grew up in Nigeria ...

Obongjayar understands the wisdom of the old saying that variety is the spice of life. "Sometimes you might like rice, sometimes you may like beans. You might want to go get Thai or Japanese or French ...

The Nigerian-born, London-based artist returns with his strongest work yet, celebrating black selfhood in expansive, richly textured songs rooted in Afrobeat and electronic soul. “Our fathers put us ...

For almost a decade now, Obongjayar’s chameleonic voice has offered words of self-love, survival, and seduction. When he steps an octave up from his resting pitch, the Nigerian-born, London-based ...

Fred Again.. is keeping the summer going with a sweet love song. Tonight (August 11), the EDM go-to has teamed up with Nigerian singer Obongjayar for his new song, “Adore U.” On “Adore U,” Fred crafts ...

The London-based, Nigerian-born musician talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his new album, "Which Way Is Forward?" which embraces his cultural heritage to tackle different aspects of power.

British-Nigerian shape-shifting singer Obongjayar has worked alongside some of the coolest names in music, including Fred Again, Little Simz, and Danny Brown. Lately, though, he’s been building a ...

In the two years since Obongjayar dropped his last EP, Bassey, he's worked extensively with both Danny Brown and the Everything Is Recorded collective. However, he's also lived through a period of ...

When I got downstairs to greet Obongjayar and his bandmates at NPR headquarters, they had already found their way over to some stationary bikes near the lobby to get the adrenaline pumping. OB and ...

London-based artist Obongjayar has confirmed details of his long-awaited debut album Some Nights I Dream Of Doors. The album features the previously released "Message In A Hammer" and new song "Try," ...