One
of Cameroon’s biggest music stars, Mr. Leo has arrived in Nigeria for his first
ever media tour in the country. And to kickstart the tour, he released his
latest work titled ‘Desole’ into the Nigerian market. The video was shot in
Paris by popular music director, Shelis.
After
the release of his monster hit, E Go Better in 2015, the multi award-winning
singer has released 14 hits, back to back, taking over the Central and West
African market with songs like ‘Jamais Jamais’ "Partout" and ‘On Va
gerer’, and gathering altogether over 100 000 000 YouTube views. He sings in English, Pidgin English and
French. He also writes for other artists, and his credential includes one of
Africa biggest songs of 2017, ‘CALEE’ by Daphne.
Signed
to his producer Salatiel’s AlphaBetter Records, Mr Leo is a Guinness-Orijin
Ambassador as well mobile telephone company, iTel Ambassador. He has also won
over 13 awards in the last three years.
He
performed his hit collaboration, ‘Supporter’ with Locko at the last AFRIMA
Awards in Lagos, Nigeria and he was impressed by the energy of the Nigeria
industry. Mr. Leo said that Nigerian spirit prompted him to return. “Cameroon
and Nigeria not only have cultural, geographical and historic ties – but our
music industries are also intertwined.
The
biggest African song, ‘Sweet Mother’ by Prince Nico Mbarga, a
Cameroonian–Nigerian became big because of the influence of the two musical
cultures. There have been recent collaborations between Cameroon and Nigeria,
but the Cameroonian industry has also grown very big.
Today
it stands on its own feet and it’s time to expand that collaboration into more
shows and exchange of programmes. After all I’ve achieved back home and across
Francophone Africa, I felt a need to come into Nigeria and expand the
possibilities. Cameroon supports Nigerian music massively and we believe it’s
time to start reciprocating that love and support so that African music can
grow bigger and richer for everyone.”
His
debut album, ‘LOVE ORIGINAL’ is available on iTunes. Follow Mr.Leo on Twitter
and Instagram - @MrLeo237.
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