SLAAM caught up with The Sierra Leonean Artist known as YOK 7 meaning ‘YOUR OBELUS KALEIDOSCOPE’ a brightly coloured fragments of the universe and reference the number 7 to the days of the week. The Hip Hop artist has worked with the united nations peace building in sierra Leone, Hope Salone, Music Ambassador Amnesty International.
He is one of the Sierra Leone’s most consistent icons of rap music game, lyrically possessive, a force to reckon with who has inspired a lot of young artists into rap battles to takes the game to another level.
In 2020 YOK 7 was nominated during the 4th National Entertainment Awards (NEA) in Serra Leone as this below
Best Male Artist Of The Year
Best Male Hip Hop Artist Of The Year
Best Music Video/Director Of The Year (Aisha classy sassy ~ Fire Dancer
Best Collaboration Song Of The Year~ Fire Dancer ft. Teni
Best Song Of The Year ~ FIRE DANCER
Next Rated Act In Music
Best Diaspora Act In Music
The multiple award winning and SLAAM nominee Rap Artist YOK 7 dropped two hit captivated songs earlier this year titled “Na Ya We Dae ft Willie jay & Aklass” the official video was shot by Magic Rowland and Tok Haf Lef Haf. YOK 7 has been rumored to be one of Sierra Leone chart topping and record breaking rappers this year not just in his country Sierra Leone, but in Nigeria and the diaspora.
Stay tuned for More updates from SLAAM as we keep this artist in our radar.
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