KEL-P In My Feelings (feat. Kalash)
Out now
From the upcoming EP Bully Season Vol.2 : pretty girls love afrobeat
Kel-P returns with “In My Feelings”, a feat. with French rapper Kalash.
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For this new track, Kel-P dares. He meets up with Kalash, who sings in English and Creole to accompany him on a percussive production tinged with Caribbean inspirations, the perfect alliance between Afrobeats and Dancehall. From his bedroom to the biggest studios, it’s Kel-P’s audacity that sets him apart and allows him to capture the public’s attention. His aim? To bring joy and make his audience dance. “The worst mistake you can make is to make music just for yourself.”
To illustrate the single, Kel-P teamed up with Guillaume Doubet, recently awarded the French Grammys for Best Music video with Shay, and who created a visual for the occasion centered on chrome, silver and black; characterized by a minimalist aesthetic with a streamlined set design and closeups perfectly staging the two artists in aesthetic tableaux akin to photography. Vintage-inspired, the three artists wanted a visual to pay homage to the hot rnnB and US rap videos of the early 2000s, and took it into new, perhaps even hotter territory, between Afrobeats and Dancehall.
Watch the music video here:
Born in the city of Calabar, Kel-P lost his mother at the age of two. He and his twin brother moved to Lagos, where they grew up with their family. Endowed with a broad musical palette, Kel-P was first influenced by artists such as Rihanna, Akon and Ne-Yo, before discovering Davido and Wizkid. Growing up in a Christian household, his family took a dim view of his musical ambitions, but young Kel-P persisted. He eventually met Sarz, who encouraged him to start beatmaking and recording. Kel-P quickly refined his vision as a producer. His first notable production was Solidstar’s “Eleganza”. Forging a solid reputation, he teamed up with Burna Boy and produced ten tracks on the 2019 album African Giant, including “On The Low”, “Gbona”, “Killin Dem” and “Pull Up”. His catalog continues to grow, highlighted by Wizkid’s hit “Ginger” feat. Burna Boy, “Donne-moi l’accord” for Dadju and Burna Boy, “Diamond Platinum” for Jeje, and many more. He also produced “Faith” from Skip Marley’s Higher Place album, earning him a GRAMMY Award nomination for “Best Reggae Album”.
In 2022, Kel-P received a GRAMMY in the “Best World Music Album” category for Angélique Kidjo’s Mother Nature and a Grammy nomination for Wizkid’s Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition. From then on, the specialist site OkayPlayer predicted that his “path to success is inevitable”, while GRAMMY.com called him “one of the hottest afrobeats beatmakers in the world”.