Thursday, 2 February 2012

WIZKID, BANKY W, FEAUTRES IN SOUTH AFRICAN SOAP SOUNDTRACK.


Words:Adedosu 'kenzy' Adekunle

Nigerian acts Banky W and Wizkid are set to work with South African rapper L-Tido and Kenya’s Bonie from P-Unit as they write and perform the title track for the TV drama Shuga: Love, Sex, Money – the second series of the sex and relationships drama set in Kenya.

Popular Nigerian music video Clarence Peters along with the acts will fly over to Kenya next week to shoot the video.

As reported earlier, EME label mates Banky W and Wizkid are also making cameo appearances in the TV drama series alongside Nairobi-based Nigerian Ikubese Emmanuel (a.k.a. 9con) and Kenyan singer Avril.

Other artists to feature in the atmospheric soundtrack to Shuga: Love, Sex, Money include: Camp Mulla, Flavour, Psquare, Wyre, STL, Madtraxx, J Martins, Sasha, Stella Mwangi and many others.

The song will debut on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) on Tuesday, 14 February, 2012.

Shuga: Love, Sex, Money was filmed on location in Nairobi and Malindi during August – September 2011. Living with HIV, stigma, rape, high-risk sexual behaviours and multiple concurrent partners are just some of the important topics covered in Shuga.

The red carpet premiere of Shuga: Love, Sex & Money will take place in Nairobi on February 10, 2012.

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