Blitz The Ambassador Celebrates "Success"

<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://blitz.mvmt.com/" target="_blank">Blitz The Ambassador</a> has good reason to celebrate. After making a name for himself with a steady output of excellent material over the past decade, he was recognized as Musician of the Year at <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/15780/the-3rd-annual-african-diaspora-awards/" target="_blank">last month’s African Diaspora Awards</a>. In the video for the aptly titled “Success,” Blitz, decked out in an all-white suit, rolls around in a limo through the streets of Tokyo before taking the stage in front of a massive audience in Morocco.</p> <p dir="ltr">Part of Blitz’s appeal is his ability to reconcile the classic sound of 90s New York hip-hop with his experience as a Ghanaian immigrant to that city. “Success” has the warm horn sound of a Pete Rock production and he quotes from Nas (“Put your glass high”). But Blitz always keeps his heritage front and center. He calls his upcoming album <em>Afropolitan Dreams</em> (due out in March) and on “Success” he raps, “Living as an immigrant is hard to endure/Now we’re waking up to 20,000 people on tour.” Just as his album title indicates, Blitz takes a wide view of African music and music of the diaspora, much like we do at Afropop. He includes a shout out to South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela in “Success,” and the new album is set to include appearances by the Beninese superstar Angélique Kidjo (whom we <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/16492/angelique-kidjo-discusses-her-new-cd-eve-and-book-spirit-rising/" target="_blank">just interviewed</a>), Nigerians Seun Kuti and Nneka, the Brazilian rapper Marcelo D2, and Malian-French MC Oxmo Puccino. Watch Blitz live large and spit fire below:</p> <p dir="ltr"><iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fFECQq9meXQ" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>