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On and On with José James on Kofifi FM 97.2

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José James, a Jazz vocalist for the Hip Hop generation as our cover story.

He joins us from Los Angeles this afternoon as our cover story and he chats to us about his latest project, On and On, The music of Erykah Badu where he pays tribute to the Neo Soul,Poet and World Famous musician by re-imaging some of her biggest compositions.

Still on that, José has been working on his next project and we got to exclusively listen to the lead single from that album called “ 1978” for the very first time in South Africa.
5 Nov 2023 English South Africa Music · Music Interviews

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