Afrofusion singer and songwriter, Sulaimon Shekoni Solomon, well known as Khaid, is the latest addition to Apple Music’s Up Next program. Apple Music announced Khaid as its latest featured artist in its Up Next emerging artist program in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 22.
While reacting to the announcement, an excited Khaid had only nice words to say: “I am so grateful and amazed with how far I have come and I am very excited to be an Apple Music Up Next artist and to see that my sound is being accepted globally. This encourages me more to make music for everyone, everywhere around the globe. As I said, I am diverse and I still maintain my ground. Diversity is the vision”
Khaid’s passion for music as a teenager developed from listening to Afrobeats sounds by leading Nigerian artists like 2baba, P-Square, D’banj, Wizkid, Davido, and Olamide, amongst others.
The singer’s smooth and bold freestyles soon served as an outlet for his talent that caught the ears of the popular influencer and comedian Sydney Talker. Since his discovery by Sydney, the fast-rising singer has become known for mixing Afro and Trap sounds together. Khaid’s blend of Afrogrove and trap elements sets him apart in the music space.
As the newest Up Next artist to be spotlighted in Nigeria, Khaid will be featured across Apple Music’s Nigeria Up Next playlist. He joins Ninety, Young Jonn, T.I Blaze, Browny Pondis, Ajebo Hustlers, Jaido P, Wavy The Creator and SGaWD as Apple Music’s growing stable of Up Next Artists from Nigeria.
