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Jordan Adetunji said: "Having a opus that I made successful my chamber successful Belfast beryllium up for a Grammy is crazy"
“It’s large for euphony coming retired of Belfast; it conscionable shows you tin bash thing nary substance wherever you’re from.”
Northern Irish hip-hop creator Jordan Adetunji, who has been nominated for a Grammy, has said he's "still processing".
The Belfast rapper was named successful the shortlist for Best Melodic Rap Performance alongside Beyoncé and the Weeknd for his opus Kehlani.
Speaking connected BBC's Across The Line programme, helium said: "Having a opus that I made successful my chamber successful Belfast beryllium up for a Grammy is crazy."
'Exciting'
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Jordan Adetunji performing during the 2024 VMAs Block Party successful Brooklyn, New York
The opus has amassed 300 cardinal streams worldwide.
Adetunji, who had nary inkling that he'd beryllium nominated, said it's "exciting".
"That's wherefore it was specified a surprise, due to the fact that erstwhile it came retired I thought it was maybe, you know, those fake prediction lists," helium said.
"But past I turned my telephone up, due to the fact that I was successful the workplace for an hour, and... I was like, wherefore are truthful galore radical ringing maine and past I realised."
'Your telephone is your tool'
Adetunji was calved successful Croydon, London, and moved to Belfast erstwhile helium was 10.
He made his debut backmost successful 2019, posting rap videos to societal media portion successful school.
He managed to summation greater philharmonic designation posting his euphony to TikTok resulting successful him being snapped up by RCA Records, aft being spotted by Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes owed to a opus Adetunji made called 'Woke Up.'
His opus Kehlani contains elements of R&B melodies and rap..
“It’s taught maine a acquisition to support going, nary substance what the circumstances are. Your telephone is your tool."
"You tin bash it all. You tin bash it each from your bedroom,” helium said.
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Jordan Adetunji said, if you privation to beryllium an artist, "don't springiness up"
America rapper Lil Baby "was 1 of the archetypal to scope retired to" Adetunji aft helium "first dropped Kehlani".
The rapper asked him to nonstop him immoderate euphony to perceive to.
The American singer-songwriter Kehlani besides FaceTimed him asking for an "open verse" erstwhile helium was retired successful a club.
"I retrieve that time similar yesterday," helium said.
'You lone neglect erstwhile you springiness up'
Adetunji has been moving connected "mixing antithetic drum patterns with R&B-sounding music" for his adjacent project.
He's been moving successful America, wherever "the crowds person been taking to my euphony rather well," helium said.
"They loved the unreleased music, which was truly reassuring.”
His proposal to blooming artists who privation to travel successful his footsteps is to "always deliberation of caller ways of getting your contented retired there. Always beryllium connected the ball".
"If it's not doing, effort again tomorrow," helium said.
Adetunji said being nominated has taught him that "you tin marque it happen".
"The satellite is truthful big, and determination is specified a mode for radical to observe you, truthful don't springiness up."
"You lone neglect erstwhile you springiness up."
Dublin post-punk radical Fontaines D.C. person besides been nominated for Best Rock Album for their 4th album, Romance, and Best Alternative Music Performance for the azygous Starbuster.
The 67th Grammy Awards volition instrumentality spot successful Los Angeles connected 2 February.
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