Today’s attention is directed to one of Amuwo Odofin’s fast-rising artists, Edobor David Osarienme aka King Iced. He was born and bred in Festac Town. He started music out of the need to escape reality on his own terms.
What over here in Festac inspires your music? Growing up, FESTAC has always been the hub for entertainment in Lagos. I look up to artists like 2face, Sound Sultan and in recent times, Ycee. As someone from Benin City Nigeria, i am also fascinated by rich culture and how FESTAC started. The mask has been a symbol of FESTAC since its creation in 1977.
How did you start music? “I started singing cause I had a bad experience in secondary school, and it was an escape from reality at the time, and I learned to make beats so I could express myself better.”
Newest release? This is exclusive, I have a song with one of Festac’s finest, who is killing it as an independent artist. The song is called Feelings, and it’s for the Nonchalant lovers.
KingIced also doubles as a producer, producing some of his songs himself, and the very popular Magic Fufu by Famous Pluto
Featured Tracks:
Give This Man His Crown(25th April) +234 N*gga &
Iconic are different when it comes to themes, +234 talks on the vibes of being a Lagos youth, while Iconic tries to
show how the artist is trying to be better. But they have one thing in common: both genres are alternative.
Lagos teens (13 Oct 2024) – This song is just about the artist craving the lifestyle he saw other teenagers
having, and how it would feel to be famous.
Love? (15th Jan 2025) – The song talks about how the artist questions if the relationship he was in was truly
love and how he wished they had worked out. The theme in ,the song is heartbreak while the genre is sexy drill.
Notable Production Credit:
“MAGIC FUFU” by Famous Pluto ft. Shalli Popi & Zeri DL