James BKS
James BKS was a producer building a career in the music industry when he discovered his birth father was one of Africa's most famous musicians: Manu Dibango.
Imagine this: you are an up-and-coming music producer in your 20s forging your own way in the industry. Then one day your mother tells you your birth father is one of the most famous African musicians of his generation, Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango.
That is the true story of James BKS. Hear how he met his father for the first time, and how getting to know Dibango has had a profound influence on his own music.
James BKS, who has worked with big names such as Idris Elba, Little Simz, Snoop Dogg, Ja Rule and Booba, says that his new EP, See Us Rise, is his most personal to date.
Image: James BKS (Credit: Fifou)
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