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NATIVE Exclusive: Suté Iwar Is On A Journey Of Exploration
"The core of the album is me sharing my journey so far."
Written by Uzoma Ihejirika - 21.Apr.2023
Suté Iwar is a master of all trades. At seven, he began playing the piano and saxophone, sharpening his musical skills at Muson Centre, Onikan where his father had enrolled him. Years later, he and his brothers [Tay and Terna] would form BANTU Collective, a creative space with the agenda “to push high-quality art across the board.” Under the collective, Suté released albums and EPs that formed his hybrid style of music, fusing multiple genres that range from Hip-Hop to R&B to Afropop to Soul to Jazz to Funk.
A rapper, producer, singer and songwriter, Suté’s music is greatly influenced by experiences gleaned from his life and those of the people that make up his environment. In 2022, he began his journey with music label Outer South, releasing “alright, ok”and the WurlD-assisted “JUDAH LION.” He is primed for the release of his debut album ‘ULTRALIGHT,’ which comes after the Tim Lyre-featuring “SPACE COWBOY” and the kadiata-assisted “STAR PLAYER.”
“The core of the album is me sharing my journey so far,” Suté shares with the NATIVE. “And I think just like anyone’s journey, it’s up, it’s down, it’s
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Food for thought.
It’s happening all over the world. The greatest pop stars, their lives and the influence they have over the culture and human relationships is being commoditized and offered as courses in Universities for students.
A new course at Washington University in St. Louis is focused on the world of Kanye West. In 2017, students are registered for “Politics of Kanye West: Black Genius and Sonic Aesthetics,” which began in January. There’s a waiting list to get in. The professor, Jeffrey McCune, says the course focused on the rapper, producer and fashion designer offers a way for students to connect issues of politics, race, gender, sexuality and culture.
The relationship between hip-hop titans Kanye West and Jay Z has been well-documented over the past decade. That bromance which has seen performances, a joint album, song production and more is a friendship so tight and prolific that one university has deemed it worthy of academic study.
English students at the University of Missouri can now take a full course on that relationship.
Entitled “English 2169: Jay-Z and Kanye West,” the course will examine the power-duo’s joint and respective careers from three different angles, according to the syllabus » :
“1. Where do they fit within, and
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10 Artists Necessary To Ghanian Hiplife: Reggie Rockstone, Sarkodie, Mzbel & More
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