The ‘Mayor Of Lagos’ – Mayorkun on Accelerate TV’s ‘The Cover’
Fans of Nigerian artist, Mayorkun, will be thrilled to know that the DMW artiste is on the cover of the December issue of Accelerate TV’s magazine, ‘The Cover’.
The Afropop hit-maker whose real name is Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel, was born in Osun state, Nigeria, in 1993. He reportedly said goodbye to a thriving career in the lucrative banking industry in order to pursue his passion – music, a decision his numerous fans are definitely thankful for.
The 24 year-old singing sensation has taken the Nigerian music industry by storm, consistently dishing out hit after mega hit. Since his debut single, ‘Eleko’ the artiste won the keenly contested ‘Rookie of the Year’ award at the 2016 Headies Awards , and has topped virtually all the charts with his mega smash hit ‘Mama’.
After the cover feature, the ‘Che Che’ crooner spoke to Oluwaseun Ashiru and talked about how his fashion style impacts his music.
These are the excerpts from the interview:
If you gave yourself a signature outfit what will it be?
Sweat shirts and pants
What’s the difference between how you dress on stage and how you dress in your daily life?
I’m a very causal person, so at home I hardly wear chains or white shirts and for performances, I wear something more up-do; but if it’s a student show you’d never see me wear a suit. So the type of show I go for determines my look or how I dress. Even while I was working at a bank I never wore suits. Haha! I wear suits now for weddings or corporate events.
How does fashion affect the direction of your music video?
I think some particular fashion sense appeals to certain types of people, for example Migos in their music video for tee shirt they are dressed like Eskimos, so you see black people dressed like Eskimos and that appeals to the people it appeals to. So sometimes you can see me dress like a UK boy or an African just to appeal to my audience.
Which Nigerian designers are you feeling?
Orange Culture by Bayo Oke- Lawal. He collaborated with Davido.
If you could be the face of a fashion brand, which brand will that be?
Hood by air.
Mayorkun will round up his nationwide university tour with a highly-anticipated concert at Hard Rock Café, Lagos on December 14th. The cross-country tour has seen him perform at over 30 schools, and consequently increase his already humongous fan base.
Check out the photos from his shoot below:
