My Music My Hood is a short documentary on Ade Bantu- where he lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. It gives you an insight into what inspires his music, sound and politics.
The documentary was produced by Lagos based cable network station Nigezie.
Lagos-Kano HipHop Connection
Checkout this short documentary. Its gives you an insight into the Lagos-Kano hiphop project that i developed and co-ordinated. We had 16 gospel & muslim rappers/singers from Lagos and Kano i engaged them in a week long creative writing & studio recording session.
The project culminated in a live performance at the Goethe Institut, Kano on the 30th of July. Enjoy!
An interview in German recently broadcasted on Radio Funkhaus Europa:
Adé Bantu ist ein alter Freund der 5Planeten. Der Deutsch-Nigerianer hat letztes Jahr sein drittes Album heraus gebracht mit features von Künstlern wie Nneka und Wanlov The Kubolor. Momentan arbeitet der Gründer der Brothers Keepers an seinem vierten Album und engagiert sich in vielerlei musikalischen Projekten. Im Gespräch mit 5Planeten Moderator Francis Gay spricht er über eines dieser Projekte, die berliner Veranstaltung “Global Prayers”, Wiederstandsmusik in Lagos und die aktuellen Trends der nigerianischen Musikszene.
Harry Belafonte & Sidney Poitier @ NAACP AWARDS 2012
Harry Belafonte won Outstanding Documentary - (Theatrical or Television) for his biopic “Sing Your Song” (HBO Documentary Films) & Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography for his book “My Song” - Harry Belafonte (Knopf)
Sing Your Song features the song “Don’t Give Up” by Bantu, Abiodun, Xavier Naidoo & Jah Meek
I’m usually skeptical when TV folks come up to me and say they want to do a portrait caus i always feel misrepresented especially if they haven’t done their research and they keep repeating/asking the same “can we get to meet you” line but Seun did a good job-he actually went out of his way to show another side of me (is that patronizing?) anyways i heard they showed this piece on channels TV in Nigeria. No wonder folks kept on ringing to say they saw me on CNN (i ain’t joking). So enjoy, and thanks once again to www.a24.com
