Only about a week after he released his 13th studio album 4:44. JAY-Z released three bonus tracks to the platinum album.
JAY-Z
4:44@s_c_
Listen now: https://t.co/1eprOGfpfM pic.twitter.com/A0CW8h8h10— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) July 7, 2017
One of the tracks, We Family which featured Jigga and Beyonce’s elder daughter Blue Ivy, he references Benin, Lagos, Fela and drops in a mysterious ‘Dapo’ in there.
See the lyrics:
‘I got bloodlines in Benin, that explains the voodoo’
Already ahead of your end, in the foreign bumping Fela, feel me?
Lagos, all the barrios ’round me, feel me?
Colombian ties, shout out to Dapo!
The hiphop power couple’s love for Africa and Yoruba culture has become more evident in recent years, with Beyonce’s Lemonade album being regarded by many as a tribute to the Yoruba goddess Osun.
