Yung L

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2022 · single

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Yung L is a Canadian-Nigerian Afro-dancehall artist. Christopher Omenye, known professionally as Yung L (Yaadman), started his music by learning how to play musical instruments in church like most Nigerian musicians and soaked up the hip-hop and reggae influences that populated Nigerian pop culture in the late 90s and early 2000. In 2017, Yung L was also featured on the remix of Major Lazer’s “Run Up” alongside Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor. Since his debut album, Yung L has provided music at a prolific pace, incorporating elements of rock, afrobeat, and dancehall influences into his work. 2020’s ‘Juice and Zimm’ E.P provided a glimpse of what an assured performer the Jos-born musician was turning into. Juice and Zimm, Yung L’s January 2020 seven-song extended play, was bursting at its seams with soulfully-distilled riddims and ear-worms that often read like confessionals and slow-flickering party starters. Months later, the lustrous energy of “Eve Bounce” received a remix do-over; housing a guest from none other than Wizkid. Yung L is a unique totem in afro-fusion’s gallery. Infinitely capable of switching between the more core drumming of afropop and the genre’s broader reggae influence, Yung L has a special place among the generation of musicians diversifying the sound of music coming out of West Africa.