Young Nations releases sophomore album

After his highly successful debut album Nations Uprising, South African rapper Young Nations, is back with United States of Africa - an album set to take him to new heights this year.

The new album comes off the back of his recent collaborations with the likes of Sean Price from Bootcamp Clique in New York, HHP, Zuluboy, F-eazy and El Nino.

Young Nations’ lyrical skills recently made music history when he starred in the only television advert for CNN International written and starring a South African recording artist.  The advert, filmed on location in South Africa, went on to air globally across all Turner broadcast networks worldwide.

The US-born rapper  is also a partner in Unreleased Records, the local label he is signed to. He has performed locally and internationally, including venues in New York, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Swaziland and Botswana.

Top producers and guests

The United States of Africa album was produced by some of the best  producers on the African continent and also features superstar performers, including Proverb, Incha, F-eezy, 985, Tamasha and Nicky Shange.

“These producers are the best in Africa,” says Young Nations, speaking about inclusion of producers like Ameen, Leeleo, Draztik,Hipe Tegs and Mr. Mallum.

Describing the creative process of writing the “United States of Africa” album, Young Nations says, “…it didn’t take us long to see we truly had something special, a phenomenal hip hop classic.”

The first releases off the album such as Murda(I’m Back) have already charted at Top 10 positions, including the current #1 hit single “G.P.(The City is Mine).

Music videos for the album are in the pipeline.