Christopher Onyedikachi popularly known as Blaq O2 was born in Benin city, Edo State Nigeria. Blaq O2 first made the leap to national relevance through moving to Lagos while building a tight-knit collective of producers ,influencers and collaborators.
Like other afrobeat artist, Blaq O2 is a distinctive singer (the stage name was given, not taken), but the key to his sound is melody, mixing candied hooks of pop punk and neon surfaces of EDM for a style that splits the starkness of modern hip-hop into prismatic color.
It is not surprising that he choose a pen and paper to channel his creative energy while on his quest to self-discovery and expression; he uses music to connect with both himself and people who are drawn to his style of music “my goal is to show the world what a blessing it is to be able to do what you love” He says.Blaq O2 told us up front, in his intro to the music scene “I’m a superstar.” The metaphor wasn’t about dominance so much as it was about flamboyance.
Blaq O2 represents a generation fluent in fashion and social media, not just a recording artist but a kind of creative director whose personality and sense of world-building comes through almost as loudly as the music. That he could turn a line as bleak as “Burst” and “Connect” which were his previous two singles and he made those hit tracks into a sing-along and made them more vital.
Blaq O2 new single “High Spirit” is a song for the youth and talks about the ongoing events in the country and as a person living in the country you have to be on something to make you happy. The classic masterpiece track was produced by Kulboy.
Stream “High Spirit” here.
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