American singer, Beyoncé, has released her Lion King album featuring Nigerian singers, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage and Burna Boy
The album titled, The Lion King: The Gift, dropped in the early hours of Friday.
Wizkid is featured on a song titled, ‘Brown Skin Girl,’ alongside Beyonce, her first child, Blue Ivy Carter and Saint Jhn.
Beyoncé was involved in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” where she voiced adult Nala, the partner of Simba in the iconic flick.
Singers, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi, are other Nigerians who contributed to the project, as well as Ghanaian artiste, Shatta Wale.
“In the lead-up to the release of The Lion King: The Gift, a collection of music inspired by the 2019 reboot of the classic Disney film, Beyoncé remarked that the project was meant to be “a love letter to Africa”.
“As executive producer, Bey made it a point to solicit contributions from artists spanning a number of the continent’s many culturally rich traditions and regions, including Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and South Africa.
“The album, in fact, is a separate project from the film’s official soundtrack, but that doesn’t stop Beyoncé and a cohort of hand-selected talents from telling that timeless story of the Pride Lands through song,” the editors’ note for the album read.
