Dex Kwasi Gets Introspective In 'WTFDex'
Ghanaian rapper Dex Kwasi drops the visuals for 'WTFDex' off his debut album, A.$.S: African $ex Symbol
<p>Less than a month after dropping the video for "<a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/05/13/dex-kwasi-wanlov-africa-trappin/" target="_blank">Africa (Trappin')</a>," Ghanaian rapper <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/dexkwasi" target="_blank">Dex Kwasi</a></strong> returns with some new visuals from his debut LP. 'WTFDex' is a nod to classic hip-hop that finds Kwasi adopting an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGVLo64urs" target="_blank"><strong>Andre 3000</strong></a><strong>-</strong>esque flow as he waxes poetic about his own mortality over a slow burning <strong>N-Dex</strong>-produced beat. The <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dexkwasi/sets/dex-kwasi-african-ex-symbol/" target="_blank"><em>African $ex Symbol</em></a> honors his afrobeat influences as well towards the end of the track with a percussive interlude that features a soundbite of <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/okayafrica-artists/fela-kuti/" target="_blank"><strong>Fela Kuti</strong></a> sharing his views on religion from the 1982 documentary <a href="http://vimeo.com/8818071" target="_blank"><em>Music is The Weapon</em></a>. The hazy video, which follows a pensive Kwasi, begins with a humorous news clip of a junior high school student whose confident assertion to 'burn the paper' is quickly flipped into an activity of a more herbal nature by Dex Kwasi and his lone co-star. Watch the video for "WTFDex" below and stream <em>African $ex Symbol</em> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dexkwasi/sets/dex-kwasi-african-ex-symbol/" target="_blank">on soundcloud</a>.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e87d84bd713f166d40b070596224b1ca"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FIzLPYE32BI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/dex-kwasi-wtf-dex-african-ex-symbol-2.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4OTg1MS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDYzMTY0OH0.NwEkF_C1-dKBTQbJ3cWv5PGj-jlXRM1bzS5bkhduv_A/img.jpg?width=980" id="84777" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9cc5f35df8d59b06aa559af60a21834a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/dex-kwasi-wtf-dex-african-ex-symbol-1.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4OTg1NS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NzAwNjExMX0.-2ErWb5tQ23F9bp5mQeB8i3TId4uNa4T0h9d3pTouUo/img.jpg?width=980" id="cf7da" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f7ce68580884e073c0754ae04df3f8e2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p>
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