Pan-African Listen! 1: Meet FoMoe, the 19-year-old South African Rapper
Going forward, LISTEN! will spotlight one non-Nigerian artist once in a month. The segment will be called, 'Pan-African Listen!' with quickfire questions and answers.
Stage name
FoMoe.
Age
19.
Who is Fomoe?
My name is Likho Simakuhle.
Background
I was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, New Brighton.
What is your style of music?
Emo Rap, Trap, Hip-Hop and Trapsoul.
How long have you been making music?
It's been 3 years since I started making music.
How many projects do you have?
Three.
What inspires you?
My mom, my friends, my girlfriend inspire me to improve each and everyday.
Biggest win yet?
Meeting people that make me exceed my limits.
What inspired your latest album?
It’s inspired by my life and Jaden's mixtape, The Sunset Tapes.
I wanna be the biggest that Africa has ever produced. Music is my life - the more listeners I have that really enjoy my sound, the better I get. Everything about music makes me happy - even the journey makes me happy.
Social Media: Fomoe_Estefan
Editor’s Note: FoMoe is the quintessential Gen Z artist that makes Emo, Cloud Music through Hip-Hop. Think about XXXTentacion meets Jaden Smith meets Lil Peep with a dash of personal topics of a young African man. His music is suited to late night trips in the dark and for down times.
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Additional Content
This week, LISTEN also brings you some of the best bits of content this week;
On this Pulse Nigeria article, foreign media is urged to do better due diligence on African entertainment stories.
On another one, content aggregation and cable bundles are heralded as the future of content streaming and subscription.
On a third one is an Explainer on what the 6th amendment to National Broadcasting Commision's broadcasting code means for Nigerian music.
News N Releases writes about Triller’s other partnership with Snapchat.
Channel 24 writes about the new Multichoice a deal with Netflix and Amazon.
Veteran Culture Journalist, Ayomide Tayo launched the first installment of his newsletter, Naija Times.
Veteran Journalist and Tech professional, Chiagoziem Onyekwena also manages GetDotAfrica, a weekly newsletter on happenings in African Tech.
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