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TARELA

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TARELA, born TARELA HENRY EKAYE is a Nigerian American singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. His sound is a refreshing blend that embodies Afrobeats, Contemporary pop and Hip Hop winding together in a unique and audacious manner. His lyrical content uplifts and resonates as he bases it around the themes of romantic declarations, resilience, love, motivation and celebration of life. Formerly known as Squeeze Tarela, the singer and song-writer has built a catalogue of celebrated music that includes HIGH VOLTAGE MIXTAPE VOLUME 1&2, joints such as ‘Hottest Thing’, Better, ‘Cocoa Butter ', ‘Bend’ and ’Showers of Blessings’.

He is set to Release his first body of work "ELECTRIC EP" as an independent artist. ELECTRIC EP contains 5 songs with sun-soaked melodies and sing along status, set to drop on MARCH 18, 2022. The first single off the EP is Hold Me Down which was premiered on Capital Xtra UK by Ras Kwame. Watch out!

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About
From: Austin, TX
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Afrobeats
Type: Showcase