Despite Headies disqualification, Tekno makes Billboard’s 10 hip-hop artistes to look out for in 2017

MMMG singer, Tekno, has been recognised by Billboard has recognized his talent by naming him among the 10 hip-hop and R&B artistes to watch in 2017.

This appears to be a good one for the singer despite being disqualified from the Headies Awards most controversial award category, Next Rated.

The magazine wrote an glowing appraisal for him: ‘Tekno already has a number of hits in Nigeria, and Columbia Records took note, throwing its weight behind this agile, elastic-voiced singer. Tekno’s “Pana,” which has already accumulated more than 13 million views on YouTube and inspired a minor version of a video challenge, is romantic and light on its feet with little more than a nagging guitar line and squirts of bass, everything pegged to a serpentine forward march. There’s clearly a demand in the mainstream for feathery dance cuts like this one: close your eyes and imagine a smart radio programmer cueing this up after Drake‘s “Too Good.’

Big one for Tekno