Hip-Hop legend Nas calls her “amazing” and “an incredible artist.”. The Sunday Times hailed her as the new Lauryn Hill and said her debut album was “as good as The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Nneka continues to perform and electrify audiences across the globe with the likes of The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, Nas and Damian Marley. She sings not only in English, but also in Igbo and she belongs with her political lyrics to one of the strongest voices in Africa. She won a MOBO for Best African Act in 2009 and recorded a tribute song called Viva Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and has appeared on The David Letterman Show and BET’s 106 & Park.
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She will perform her music, a mix of soul, reggae, afrobeat and hip hop, on the 6th of August in the Lucerna Music Bar in Prague. Tickets are available for 690 CZK at Ticketpro, GoOut.cz and at the cash desk of the LMB. At the door: 790 CZK. The concert is organized by the Charm Music agency, for more info click HERE
Born and raised around the Delta region of Nigeria, Nneka Lucia Egbuna moved to Germany aged 19 to study Anthropology at Hamburg University. It was during her student years that Nneka honed her craft as a singer-songwriter.“I financed my studies in Germany by playing gigs on the underground scene,” says Nneka. “I’ve always written from a very young age. I used to just write down my thoughts and experiences and lots of prayers.” She started her career as support for Sean Paul in Hamburg.
Nneka has released 3 previous albums – Victim of Truth, No Longer At Ease and Soul Is Heavy. Her single Heartbeat [2009] scored her a UK Top 20 hit and spun a feature by Nas and was also sampled by Rita Ora for her #1 UK hit R.I.P. Nneka’s passionate sense of social consciousness also led her to co-found a charity called The Rope Foundation, in 2012, with Sierra Leonean MC Ahmed Nyeie [aka Genda]. The Rope Foundation serves as a platform for young men and women to express themselves through art.
To the Czech Republic she is coming with her just released 4th album My Fairy Tales, with has big reggae influence. The record was recorded in Paris and is a concept album with the focus on the life of African emigrants.
