Few Hours to go! Nicki Minaj, Maluma, Myriam Fares release World Cup anthem

Football
By Associated Press | Nov 19, 2022
Nicki Minaj accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2022, in Newark, N.J., left, and Maluma appears at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. Minaj has teamed up with Colombian singer-songwriter Maluma and Lebanese singer Myriam Fares for the latest addition to the official soundtrack of the World Cup in Qatar. The single "Tukoh Taka" has lyrics in English, Spanish and Arabic. (AP Photo)


Hip hop star Nicki Minaj has teamed up with Colombian singer-songwriter Maluma and Lebanese singer Myriam Fares for the latest addition to the official soundtrack of the World Cup in Qatar.

.@NICKIMINAJ, @Maluma and @MyriamFares' Official FIFA Fan Festival Anthem music video, "Tukoh Taka", has earned over 3.9M views in the first 21 hours on @YouTube.

- The video is currently #2 on Trending on the platform.
?: https://t.co/OPSAJ3dyCh pic.twitter.com/t03PohK3Qb - ? TQS (@TheQueenStation) November 19, 2022

The single "Tukoh Taka," with lyrics in English, Spanish and Arabic, was released on Friday, two days ahead of the start of the tournament.

It's the latest in a series of songs by artists from around the world released as part of FIFA's official soundtrack of the 2022 World Cup.

Maluma and Myriam Fares will perform at the opening of the FIFA fan festival in Doha on Saturday.

?'Tukoh Taka', el himno oficial de la FIFA Fan Festival esta aqui

Ya la escuchaste? Cuentanos que te parecio! ?https://t.co/n4afwotTNW - El Ciudadano MX (@ElCiudadano_Mx) November 18, 2022

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