Watch US Rapper Joey Badass and Zimbabwean singer KYE's live performance of the track "UMI Says" by Mos Def

American Rapper and Actor Joey Badass covered Mos Def's "UMI Says" in an episode of Australian radio station Triple J's Like a Version series. The Brooklyn rapper delivered a silky performance of the iconic song, backed by a live band featuring rising Zimbabwe-born, Melbourne-based singer Kylie Tadiwa Chirunga popularly known as KYE

Watch US Rapper Joey Badass and Zimbabwean singer KYE's live performance of the track "UMI Says" by Mos Def
KYE (Left) and Joey Badass


"UMI Says" originally appeared on Mos Def's 1999 solo record Black On Both Sides, Joey acknowledged in a post-performance interview that the song is "one of my favorite songs of all time." “It’s such a spiritual connection that I have to this song,” he shared. “I feel like I could almost relate to what Mos Def is speaking on. As an artist, I can tell this was a song that wasn’t written. This was a song that truly just felt, you know what I’m saying? And that’s probably what I admired about it the most.”

Check out the performance below.
 

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