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Bas and Ari Lennox in "Amnesia" (Youtube)

Watch Bas' New Video For 'Amnesia' Featuring Ari Lennox & Kiddominant

A blend of Afro-house, soca, afrobeats, and sounds from Bahia, Brazil produced by DJ Moma.

French-born, New York-raised, Sudanese rapper Bascomes through with the new music video for "Amnesia," his addictive single from Spilled Milk Vol. 1.

"Amnesia" sees Bas linking up with fellow Dreamville artist Ari Lennox and Nigeria's Kiddominantfor a head-nodding blend of Afro-house, soca, afrobeats, and sounds from Bahia, Brazil. The uplifting track was produced by DJ Moma.

The beautiful, joy-filled music video for "Amnesia" was made by an all-black creative crew, a press statement mentiosn. It features direction and choreography from Tajana B-Williams and styling from Mazhané Rima- Fleurima and Zarah Elizabeth.

For more, read our in-depth interview with Bas about his Sudanese roots and the African influences on his latest record, Milky Way. "I was born in France & raised in New York but I'm still African," he mentions in that exclusive interview with OkayAfrica.

Watch Bas, Ari Lennox and Kiddominant's new music video for "Amnesia" below.

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EVERYDAY AFRIQUE Kicks Off the Summer Season This Memorial Day

Your favorite summer party is back.

OkayAfrica and Everyday People's EVERYDAY AFRIQUE party is easily one of the best places to be during summer in New York City.

We're kicking off the 2019 season this Memorial Day, May 27, with our first installment of the party that brings out the city's finest. This year, we're taking EVERYDAY AFRIQUE to a new location at Nowadays, where you can dance and sip the day & night away across the venue's outdoor and indoor spaces.

GRAB TICKETS TO EVERYDAY AFRIQUE'S MEMORIAL DAY PARTY AT NOWADAYS

Join us for a day of music from the heavyweight line-up of DJ Moma, DJ Tunez, Rich Knight, Moniki, DJ Underdog and LL Cool Blaze, with hosts Saada, Roble, Ivie, Giselle, Kam, Shernita and Maine.

All details in the flyer below and grab your tickets here.

NYC it's that time of the year!

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