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The album is a homage to his traditional roots with the 90% of the lyrics being in Luo This is Fancy Fingers' first album as a solo artist since the split of his Afro-fusion band, Sauti Sol The album ...

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THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT LATIN SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEAUSRED BY ...