Nigerian -American rapper Umar IBRAHIM also known as Thutmose has unveiled Side B of ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ EP project that features Rema, R3hab, and Bankuli.
The ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ has been inspired by his African roots and the global exposure he has received since the release of the ‘Man on Fire’ project back in 2018.
The young rapper landed a soundtrack titled ‘Memories’ on the OSCAR award-winning film Into the spider-verse.
The second installment of the EP features more Afrobeats influenced sounds and is complemented by EDM favorite, R3hab’s take on the hit single ‘Love In The Morning’ featuring Rema.
Bankulli assisted, ‘Iyawo’ is an ode and celebration of the arrival of his dream Nigerian girl into his life.
The project also includes My Maria and brand new radio favorite, Bad Boy.
Thutmose had a stellar introduction into the scene after a tour with Billie Eilish in 2017 and a debut album in 2018 that was followed by a Grammy nomination in 2019 for his presence on the soundtrack album, Spiderman:- Into The Spiderverse.
About Thutmose
Thutmose has a million and one reasons why you ought to know him.
He might be under the mainstream radar to the rest of the world but what he’s done and achieved at his tender age will always make him stand out whenever and every time people talk about the greats in music from Africa.
He has an interesting resume as an artiste with a yet impressive music catalog and he’s only starting out, there’s nothing stopping Thutmose from topping the charts everywhere and writing his name on the starts out in the galaxy.
Born in Lagos Nigeria, and moving to Brooklyn New York at age 9, Thutmose faced hardships including the SWAT team breaking into his house.
Dropping out of college to fold clothes and save money for studio time, Thutmose moved on to create many impactful moments including being the only independent artiste on the Grammy-nominated Spider-Verse Soundtrack, the only artiste in Scott Storch’s documentary, supporting Billie Eilish on her first tour, voicing a character in League of Legends video game while performing in front of 100 million people online and a sold-out arena in Paris.
Having music placed in FIFA, Silicon Valley, GoPro, How High 2 & more.
Thutmose is literally one of the hottest artistes out there representing Africa to the fullest without any apology whatsoever.
Thutmose who has over 100 million streams collectively went ahead to literally lit himself up on fire for the artwork for this debut mixtape dubbed ‘Man On Fire’, and has collaborations with Rema, Pink Sweat$, Tory Lanez, Desiigner, Jay Critch, and a whole lot more artistes including Alex Mali.
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