Femi Ladi: Last News

British rap star Stormzy is back with his first original (non-remixed) track of 2023 after dropping his third album, This Is What I Mean, last November. Where that record was full of somber, R&B-tinged rap ballads — many of them with live instrumentals — “Toxic Trait” finds him back in his grime/drill bag, picking up where September 2022’s “Mel Made Me Do It” left off.

Stormzy has returned with a brand new single featuring Fredo that’s produced by Dave – watch the video for ‘Toxic Trait’.The new song is the London rapper’s first material since his third album ‘This Is What I Mean’, and comes with an official video featuring daytime TV legend Alison Hammond, among others.Discussing the video, director Femi Ladi said:“After listening to the lyrics, I wanted to have fun with this video.

Ghetts has shared a new track called ‘No Mercy’ which features Pa Salieu and BackRoad Gee – listen to it below.Taken from the rapper’s forthcoming album ‘Conflict Of Interest’, it follows four previous singles: ‘Mozambique’, ‘IC3’ with Skepta, ‘Proud Family’, and the Stormzy featured ‘Skengman’.‘No Mercy’, which continues the East London rapper’s merciless and exceptional run of form as of late, is accompanied by a gritty set of visuals directed by Femi Ladi. It also features animation from Bristol artist Russ Murphy (aka Ruff Mercy).Watch the video for ‘No Mercy’ below:Due to arrive on February 19, ‘Conflict Of Interest’ includes collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Giggs, Dave, Emeli Sandé, Wretch 32, plus a number of others.

Pa Salieu dropped his debut mixtape last week, and now he’s delivered a heartfelt and joyful music video for his collaboration with Mahalia, ‘Energy’.The music video, directed by Femi Ladi, opens with Salieu rapping to camera in black-and-white while various interactions happen around him.