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Kenyan international rapper Stella Mwangi aka STL has released a new video, Ready to Pop, which is the first release from her independent label Badili Aliki Music.
The Norway-based star warns: “Parental Advisory: Explicit Content” as the lyrics are laced with explicit undertones.
This new single produced by Tom Rodger Rogstad and Kim Hoglund is an authentic hip hop record that will definitely be a treat for hip hop lovers, while taking Ms Mwangi’s real fans back to her hard-core hip hop roots.
In light of the release, Mwangi sent a message to her fans: “Okay fam (family), I’ve been up and about producing dope music all year and I must say this particular release represents my rebirth.
Expect fire pon yo head top in 2018! I am coming out with some good heat for my true fans as well as new ones. You have all been so supportive – thank you!”
Although still reminiscent of high energy and Stella’s distinct hip hop flow that has for years united her fans across the globe, the worldwide release of Ready to Pop is not in the category of commercial pop records under the recent Stella Mwangi EP.
The EP released for the Hollywood Sync market in 2016 and 2017 was a game changer, having received critical acclaim in Europe.
The songs were synced as official trailer soundtracks for Hollywood movies like Rough Night (Sony Colombia) and A Bad Moms Christmas (STX Films), TV series like Being Mary Jane on BET, Rosewood on FOX TV and Insecure on HBO TV.
Others earned two commercial deals with world-renowned fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, and theme song for the Reebok Classics ‘Free your style’ worldwide campaign, in collaboration with American songstress and fashion icon Teyana Taylor.
