Coming to the stage: Meet Afrobeat Artist Tony Ade
The Afrobeat Artist is representing
In case you didn't know, this platform is based out of Queens, and we're big time supporters of Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. It's where we first met artists like Immanuel Wilkins, where our debut film was premiered, and on April 21st, it'll bring an exciting Afrobeat artist to the stage. Brooklyn musician Tony Adè, will take the stage as a part of JCAL's music series Riddim Section and we have a feeling this will be one of the best shows yet.
Born and raised in Brooklyn NY, music has always been a way of life for Tony Adè. He got his start playing drums at church, then picked up on piano, bass guitar, steelpan, singing, and multiple African percussions. In 2018, he put on for Africa when he became the first artist to introduce the talking drum into mainstream pop music during his performance with Janet Jackson live on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon for Janet’s single “Made For Now” featuring Daddy Yankee in 2018.
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Tony Adè was also the first music director in the United States to orchestrate an official live band entity to perform with some of the top Afrobeats artists such as Davido, 2Face, Flavour, Ali Kiba, Adekunle Gold, Olamide, Phyno, Aramide, Efya, Emma Nyra, Runtown, and many more. Tony was also the first music director in the United States, to facilitate the live band for one of the biggest global Afrobeats concert series, One Africa Music Fest!After dropping his debut album “Seraphic Alpha” in 2019, Tony dropped a few singles in 2020 including the powerful joint "Killin Us". We'll be in the stands front row watching Tony Adè live. The Afrobeat artist is a name to remember and through his music, he's bringing Africa to the world.