CHIEDU ORAKA
SATURDAY / LIVE ROOM
We welcome the King of the North himself as the final addition to the Future Now line-up.
Born from the belly of the beast in Hull’s council estates, Chiedu Oraka is a firmly northern MC here to disrupt the reign of London-centric grime. His bars can fill the dancefloor as capably as they serve as social poetry, portraying the Black, working-class experience from the frontlines of a largely white, economically deprived region of the north. Delivered in his city’s distinct accent with lashings of colourful slang for good measure, Oraka is a fierce representative of a new sound and an amplifier of stories yet to be told.
The collision of Chiedu’s personality-driven floor fillers, diaristic lyrics and high-octane stage presence has earned him support slots with the likes of Stormzy, Novelist, Akala and the legendary KRS One, and they bring him to the Left Bank this August Bank Holiday Weekend.
He performs at Future Now on Saturday 24th August in the FY Live Room.