About Naira Marley

Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley is one of UK’s emerging young rap stars. Born in Nigeria and raised in South London , the rapper started his music path just for fun but got encouraged by people around him mostly friends and family members who continued to ask him for more music. With a Unique rap style fusing hip-hop, grime and Afrobeats together , the young rapper takes inspiration from a variety of music genre’s including entertainers such as the great Reggae legend Bob Marley and rapper Chief Keef. Still only three years in the game, Naira caught the worlds attention with the release of his breakout single ‘’Marry Juana’’ which received radio and dance floor plays across the country getting him on huge stages in the UK and beyond. Naira has since gone on to release single after single generating huge buzz on the scene including dropping verses on monster hit collaborations like ‘’Final refix’’ and ‘’cele’’ alongside Frenchie. Finding success early in the game , Naira boldly States that the industry needs an artist like him to make things interesting and draw a different audience and that he is in his own musical lane with little or no competition. Niara believes his versatility has put him in fantastic positions in the music industry such as touring alongside huge artists from different genres like rap star OT Genesis and Afrobeats superstar Wande Coal. Currently signed to U.K independent label Cash Ellz Entz , Naira released his first EP Gotta Dance about a year ago and feels 2017 is the year for the whole world to enjoy what London and the U.K have in the last three years.