With at least four releases in March, Fenome Vibez has taken the year by storm. The artist, whose real name is Nelson Igbinovia, has released a collection of singles, including ‘Shotz to You,’ ‘Black Benz’ (featuring Warlord), ‘Lamba’ and ‘Royal’ (featuring Beri), and has demonstrated the mastery of combining several genres to create modern music.
‘Healer,’ one of his 2024 releases, features Kiing Marko, while the acoustic version of Royal, also released in March, features Miah Empire.
The ‘Black Benz’ singer has been one of the independent artists who have been making waves underground and are currently breaking into the big time.
Earlier on February 28, 2024, posting on his instagram page, he wrote, “You can’t stop me. No man, label or agency can hold us back now. If they don’t think I am good enough to be on their platform, I am not big enough yet to be on their shows, its all good; we gonna create our own platforms, I’m gonna curate my own shows, band, podcasts, etc. We as a tribe will come together and have fun at our own event, on our own platforms and at that time, we will be too big for them.”
True to his words, Fenomevibez’s music now rules the airways from South Africa to Tanzania to the streets of Nigeria. In Minnesota, United States, where he is based, his songs are an anthem for the black community and all lovers of Afrobeats, Amapiano and other genres of African music and the genres their fusions spawn.
The Edo State-born musician’s mosaic background of Benin heritage, Lagos’ street credibility and cosmopolitan sound from Minnesota, United States, give his sound a unique flavour that makes him the future of African music.
