Braye

Braye is a diamond in the rough. Just like diamonds, the truest artists are born under the kind of pressure that could make or break the toughest among us. The Nigerian singer-songwriter, hailing from Port Harcourt, is a beacon that inherent talent can never be denied. “Even with constant moving around, sleeping in a friend’s car some nights, and my dad not being too happy about my decision to pursue music… I just found a way,” he explains. “I feel like I’m meant to make music. I just wanted it too much to not take it seriously.” His journey fuels his art, therein lies Braye’s strength: a determination to live and create on his own terms. A refreshing new voice emerging out of the continent, Braye has taken it upon himself to make the type of reggae, soul and jazz-infused music that raised him and imbue them with the sounds of his native Nigeria and Accra, Ghana where he went to school. Listening to greats like Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, developed his taste for nostalgic composition and expression.