“I am very excited to work with Popkanon. We are about to present new sounds to the market with this cross Atlantic collaboration project combined with elements of R&B, Soul, Rap with Nordic rooted pop and a hint of modern country.”
Nef
Princess Nefertari “Nef” Alexander is an American singer and songwriter, originally from the music city Chicago, but now living in Indianapolis.
Her passion is music. Nef’s powerful and soulful emotive voice is about to put this new R&B, Pop and Soul artist on the map for music lovers all over the world to get to know better.
Nef has been collaborating with various artists and featured on songs with New York rapper Baby Sham from Flip Mode with “apologies” in 2020, and with BLK LBL on “G” in 2021. She has recently songs on her own like “Safe Place” and “City of Angels” in 2022, with additional projects soon to be released.
Nef is currently collaborating on an exciting project with the Norwegian songwriters PopKanon. The first single “Brothers” from this project is to be released in December 2022 also featuring the hip hop artist Exclusive.
Exclusive
For some people, there are specific days in time that change the overall trajectory of their life. For Chicago bred rapper Exclusive, that day was September 13th, 1996: the day legendary rapper Tupac Shakur died.
Though he counts luminaries such as Barack Obama, Jay-Z and 50 Cent as influences, it was 2Pac that left a lasting impression on him and made him want to devote his career and life to making music that he describes as “soulful” and an “exclusive experience” for listeners.
A lifelong fan of music, the artist later to be known as Exclusive first began putting words together for fun while in elementary school and continued to do so while a student at Argo Community High School on Chicago’s southwest side.
While coming up with an emcee name that described his personality, he decided on the moniker of “Exclusive” after landing on the word in the dictionary and decided by definition, it was the word that suited him and his approach to the game best.
No stranger to the grind, thus far Exclusive has dropped 5 EP’s and explains that his love for creating and performing is the fuel that keeps him motivated. “Making music and getting on stage to perform it is my main form of expression.
I love making people feel. I think people understand me better when they catch the vibe of my music. I love being on stage and receiving the energy from the crowd.
I appreciate the love and always make sure I’m giving 100%”
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RarriQUESO
RarriQUESO is an established American artist with roots from Mexico who lives in Chicago. He sings in English and Spanish and has a very catchy and rare ability to combine timing, balance, variety and rhythm to his vocals. He writes lyrics and has his own YouTube channel (see links below).
When RarriQUESO met Paal and heard the early version of PopKanon’s Bar Colombia, he was triggered and did a take on the vocals that blew us away. His way of singing was a perfect fit for this type of Reggeathon Latin Pop song! RarriQUESO is undoubtedly an amazing talent and we are very proud to collabroate with him on Bar Colombia.