With a Masters degree in biology, coffee and cacao farms in Africa and friends like Wiz Khalifa, and Dame Dash, Tabi Bonney is not your average pop star.
Tabi’s previous Hip - Hop releases have always had a strong, minimalistic pop sensibility and he plans to expound on that in his forthcoming 2016 project and tour with more singing and less rapping. “This is what I’ve always wanted to do. I just feel like now is the time for me to really do it.”
Don’t fret. With features from Wiz Khalifa and long time friend and collaborator Wale, Hip – Hop will still be in the building.
Born Tabiabue Bonney in Lomé Togo, West Africa, the singer/rapper grew up in Washington, D.C. and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. The son of revolutionary, West African musician Itady Bonney, Tabi began performing in high school and formed the group Organized Rhyme while in college. The group released material independently and opened ...
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With a Masters degree in biology, coffee and cacao farms in Africa and friends like Wiz Khalifa, and Dame Dash, Tabi Bonney is not your average pop star.
Tabi’s previous Hip - Hop releases have always had a strong, minimalistic pop sensibility and he plans to expound on that in his forthcoming 2016 project and tour with more singing and less rapping. “This is what I’ve always wanted to do. I just feel like now is the time for me to really do it.”
Don’t fret. With features from Wiz Khalifa and long time friend and collaborator Wale, Hip – Hop will still be in the building.
Born Tabiabue Bonney in Lomé Togo, West Africa, the singer/rapper grew up in Washington, D.C. and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. The son of revolutionary, West African musician Itady Bonney, Tabi began performing in high school and formed the group Organized Rhyme while in college. The group released material independently and opened for acts like LL Cool J, Cam’ron and Outkast.
In 2006, Tabi released his first solo album “A Fly Guy’s Theme” featuring the breakout singles “Beat Rock” and “The Pocket”. Subsequent releases “Dope”, “Fresh” and “The Summer Years feature cameos from Wale, Pusha T, Curren$y, Murs, Fat Trel, Raheem Devaughn, Nicole Wray and his father Itady Bonney. He has also been featured on tracks from artists ranging from Shwayze to Good Charlotte.
He’s shared the stage and the road with Wale, Miguel, K’naan, John Forte, Shwayze/Mickey Avalon, Murs and been a part of the Rock The Bells Tour, the Hip Hop & Love Tour and DC’s Trillectro Festival.
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