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Like her father, Ras Kimono, Oge Kimono speaks in a blend of patois and English and sometimes you have to strain your ears to capture all she has to say. And she’s one girl who stands out in the crowd. As I stepped into Bogobiri, located on Raymond Njoku Drive, Falomo, Lagos, last week, I had no problem identifying her as her complexion was practically
screaming for attention.
Wearing what she describes as funky dreadlocks and glasses which gives her that nerdish look, Oge has large and coloured earrings dangling from her ears. She’s draped in a brownish leopard prints top, a pair of stripped jeggins which outlined her figure and matching slip ones, while her slender arms are beautifully decorated with large and bright coloured bangles.
Ever since the act known as Oge Kimono dropped her debut single last year, she has never looked back as she has continued to grow from strength to strength. She recently shot the video of her single,
Drum and Base due to popular demand and Oge couldn’t stop talking about her music as she opened up to
The Entertainer .
“The single’s entitled
Drum and Base,” she begins with a grin that reveals a perfect row of teeth, “it was released early last year, sometime in March and I did a couple of promotions and got massive airplay across Nigeria. So I felt the video was overdue because my fans are all over me for a video. I worked with a renowned music video director called AJE Filmworks.
“We shot scenes in places as far away as Togo but most of the scenes were shot in Festac Town, Lagos, because of the colours; we wanted bright reggae colours which depict the real Jamaican dance hall feel and it was wow!”
According to Oge Kimono, the response has been awesome! She says that fans are loving it and just going crazy: “I think what makes people love it the more is that even though it’s a dancehall video, you still see Nigerian elements running through it; we have scenes with Lagos busses, Keke Marwa and the Nigerian flag flying in all its glory in the background and that depicts a lot of Nigerian influence,” she adds with a ring of enthusiasm to her voice.