Rotimi
Rotimi is an American singer-songwriter and actor who is also proudly Nigerian. He talks to DJ Edu about juggling his two careers, and the surprising story of how he found love.
Rotimi is an American singer-songwriter and actor who is also proudly Nigerian. His hit songs include Love Sombody, Love Riddim and In My Bed. His most recent single, Sade, features Mayorkun and South African rapper Nasty C. As an actor, Rotimi is probably best known for his role is the US crime drama Power.
As he tells DJ Edu in this episode, it was when he became comfortable with his identity as an African in America that Rotimi started to be able to create his hit songs. He also reveals that, because of his hectic acting schedule, he often had just two hours in studio to make those songs.
Rotimi's partner is Tanzanian artist Vanessa Mdee. He describes the love-at-first sight moment that led to him, a self-confessed player, hanging on the phone for hours not wanting to be the first to hang up. The couple now have two young children.
Image: Rotimi (Credit: Jade Kamchamnan)
Last on
Broadcasts
- Sat 6 Apr 202401:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 6 Apr 202410:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Sat 6 Apr 202417:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 6 Apr 202421:32GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 7 Apr 202410:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 8 Apr 202400:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
