Nigerian rapper Chidey drops new EP on heartbreak

Chidey, a Lagos-based Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter, has released the first project in his ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine’ series.

The 7-track extended play (EP), released on December 8, combines Hip Hop/rap, highlife, Palmwine music, Afrobeats, movie samples, Beer Parlour discussions and real life interviews from men to discuss themes of love, passion, betrayal, heartbreak and relationship, as well as politics all from the Nigerian man’s point of view.

In a statement, Chidey said the project aims to drive genuine conversations on men’s experiences with heartbreak.

“In this era where toxic masculinity is becoming the order of the day, there is the need for men to be able to discuss these issues they face in relationships and voice them out, instead of dying in silence, and this is one of the goals that ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol.1’ aims to achieve: to give men an avenue to vent out what they’ve been through with women all in the name of love,” he said.

“But instead of from a bitter and vindictive point of view, it’s from a jocular or ‘cruise’ POV because there’s no need being angry or vindictive for an entire gender just because one or two of their members jilted you. It’s why on the track ‘some girls riddim’, real life interviews were carried out on some men to share their different experiences in the hands of women.”

The rapper said there are plans to create a hashtag to enable men “narrate their experiences in the hands of women, so they can advise each other, comfort each other, learn the important lessons and just laugh over these stories”.

He added that the next entries in the series such as ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol. II: Revenge of the Queens’, and ‘Heartbreak and Palmwine Vol. III: For This Tinubu Tenure’ would be released soon.

Chidey has performed on stage with other bigger musical acts and have had his works published and reviewed in both national and international media platforms.

In 2020, he came through with ‘Chidey As Chidey’, his debut EP.