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Something phenomenal is coming. "GORILLA" drops this TOMORROW! 🦍 Be the first to listen presave now. 🔗 bfan.link/bantu-gorilla

Ever wonder how that "Japa Japa" intro came alive? 🥁 Our talking drummer breaks down the story behind the sound, straight from him. More breakdowns like this on our YouTube, go check it out 🎶 #BANTUCREW #AFROBEAT #JapaJapa #DrumBreakdown #BehindTheSound

Gen Z entered the chat and made Gorilla an anthem for speaking out, complete with dance steps and choreography 😅 This is exactly what Gorilla was made for. Keep sending these in, we're watching every single one. #Gorilla #BANTU #GenZ #SpeakOut #AfrobeatMovement

"Shake wetin your mama dash you!" That chorus line lol Oya Oya was never just a song at Afropolitan Vibes-it was a full invitation. To let loose, to come up on stage, to dance like nobody was watching (even though everybody was). No barriers. No airs. That was the AV magic: pure, unfiltered joy. Watch the full performance. You'll feel it. 🎶 Oya Oya -BANTU #AfropolitanVibes #Bantu#OyaOya #AdeBantu #Bantucrew

For Gorilla, we didn't want express song with visuals that looked good but lacked depth, we wanted something that felt like the song. So every shot was crated to mirror the spirit of speaking out without the polish of a performing! This is a condensed version of the making for your viewing pleasure. Catch the full visualizer on YouTube; link in bio. #BehindTheScenes #MakingOfGorilla #Bantu #Gorilla

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! At BANTU the human connection goes deeper than what you see on our socials. Behind the music there are processes, influences and conversations that shape everything we do. The BANTU Dispatch brings all of that directly to your inbox: what we're listening to, reading, watching, and why we keep showing up the way we do. First Thursday of every month. Inner circle only. Click the link in bio to subscribe before Issue #5 drops. #BantuCrew #BantuDispatch #NewMusicAlert #AfricanMusic #LagosToTheWorld

Here’s what the drums sound like in “Na Me Own My Body” 🥁 Stripped down, just the rhythm doing its thing. We’ve got more breakdown clips like this on our YouTube channel, go check them out 🎶 #BANTUCREW #AFROBEAT #NaMeOwnMyBody #DrumBreakdown #BehindTheSound

What does speaking out really mean? It has become its own kind of performance. A caption here, a repost there, a heated exchange in the comment section that everyone forgets by the next morning. Noise dressed up as resistance. Real speaking up is inconvenient. It costs something. It means holding the conversation past the trend cycle, past the outrage, past the moment when everyone else has moved on. It means refusing to normalise what is happening just because it has been happening for so long. With the upcoming poll, the hardest thing in the world is to decide that your voice doesn’t matter, that the system is too broken, the people too corrupt, the whole thing too exhausting to engage with. This is your sign to speak up in deed. The small axe doesn’t stop. 🦍 Stream link in bio. #Gorilla #BANTUCrew #LaVeraFotta #SpeakUp #Nigeria #June12 #NoRetreat

This release marks a new chapter in our band history -our first collaboration with an artist from Italy. We are so proud to have worked with @theycallmeadriana on this third and final instalment of the Gorilla trilogy. Her cadence, flow and hard hitting lyrics explore the concept of la vera fotta - the raw passion and grit required to endure in a world that often refuses to understand. Universal and uncompromising, her verse is a perfect extension of the Gorilla conversation beyond Lagos and Berlin. Big shout out to @mayorchux for the sonic flip on the remix. Gorilla -Mayorchux Version is out now. Link in bio. #Gorilla #MayorchuxVersion #Adrianna #Mayorchux #GorillaVerona BANTUCrew LaVeraFotta LagosxVerona

Lagos. Cologne. Berlin. And now Verona! Gorilla has been travelling. Not because it needs a passport, but because the message it tells doesn’t belong to one city. The third and final chapter lands June 12. Stay tuned!🦍 #LaVeraFotta #BANTUCrew #Adriana #Gorilla #MayorchuxVersion

Every time we demand accountability, they try to shut us down. But let’s be clear: every tool they use to silence us is only going to make our voices louder. The system was never built in our favor, which is exactly why we have to speak up right now. Gorilla. 🦍🌍 #BANTUCrew

Ade Bantu says it plainly; Gorilla is about censorship. As as artists, music is the only language we have that fully belongs to us. No filter, no intermediary, no permission needed is needed to express our truth. “No retreat, no surrender, no truce!” 🦍 #BANTUCrew #Gorilla

There’s a moment in every production where the producer stops working and just… listens. J-JD had that moment with Gorilla — and instead of changing what it was, he added his own fire. #BANTUCrew #GorilllaRemix #JJD #Afrobeat

to return home be they from Zamfara, Niger, Katsina, Oyo, Borno or any other corner of Nigeria.

Nigeria's ruling elites have never cared about the masses why would they now care about abducted children and teachers in Oyo? Their fake empathy and empty speeches must be called out. This election season, disrupt every rally. Chant the names of every abducted school child yet

As an artist you cannot afford to sit on the fence. You cannot claim neutrality or fear repercussions for speaking up when 2-year-olds are being abducted. Your silence will not protect you because no one is safe in Nigeria.

Jaydee Pee walks you through it like it’s simple. It isn’t. Ten Times Backwards has that thing that makes you feel it before you understand it — and this is where that thing lives. Watch how the notes architecture gets built in real time, in his own words, on his own keys. 🎹

They thought gagging us was enough. Then arresting us. Then the bullying. None of it will work this time. Because you cannot silence something that was never asking for permission to speak in the first place. No retreat. No surrender. No truce Gorilla. 🦍 #BANTUCrew #Gorilla