US-based Rapper S-King Returns Home

By Victoria Ige

Seyi Sofola, the self-styled king of ‘pidgin rap’ who’s ruled the internet for years, before gaining considerable acceptance accross the US, says he has come back home ‘to live among my people, and bring the message home’.
S-King, who writes in English, Yoruba and Pidgin, says he prefers to deliver materials in ‘broken English’ to reach a wider range of audience as well as cut accross barriers of education, language and location. ‘Pidgin, really, is English broken down to accomodate local lingo, language or dialect of different peoples. I find it more easy to drive home my message this way, and the success of our music over the years shows this is a tool that must not be neglected’
The rapper, now based in Lagos since late 2011, tells us he’s been working with Tee-Y Mix, Sossick and JSleek on Nigerian materials due to be released in a matter of days. ‘I love the energy here, the vibe’, he told our reporter.
‘I’m looking foreard to working with more producers and artistes, and very open to collaborations with talents from different genres. Nigerian music is today and tomorrow; we’re the future and we must all work hard, together, to make that happen’.