Winter may be well and truly on its way, but in the visuals, Akala gives us some scenes to reminisce over the summer with, as he takes a walk through the colourful scenes of Notting Hill Carnival in London.

According to Akala, “Giants” is all about positive change:

“Giants is a track about pioneers and foundation-layers, those who have paved the way politically, culturally and musically in a positive way for the world that we inhabit today.”

Akala’s highly awaited album, 10 Years of Akala celebrates 10 years since the release of his critically acclaimed debut record It’s Not a Rumour. With this huge milestone under his belt, Akala is also now on tour as of today as he plans to perform across the UK and Ireland, tickets can be found here. The rapper will also be taking the album abroad to the US, New Zealand and Australia.

Akala’s 10 Years of Akala is out now, and don’t forget to peep the video for “Giants” below.

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Echoing reggae vibes, the rapper got help from artists Kabaka Pyramid and Marshall. “Giants” gives us a good mix between a lazy party track whilst also providing some valuable social lessons. The track has been released whilst we await Akala’s retrospective album 10 Years of Akala which is due to drop September 23rd.

Akala provided comments on the social messaging in the song:

“Giants is a track about pioneers and foundation-layers, those who have paved the way politically, culturally and musically in a positive way for the world that we inhabit today.”

He has also spoken out about how he recruited Marshall onto the track:

“The track came about as a collaboration between myself and Marshall and when I reached out to Kabaka Pyramid, who ironically had just listened to my Fire In The Booth Pt. 4, he understood the concept of the track and was eager to lay a verse, despite being in the midst of a USA/European tour.”

The rapper is definitely heating things up ahead of releasing 10 Years of Akala and his upcoming tour around the UK.

Check out “Giants” below:

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The UK rapper has made an impact featuring on various television shows as he’s remained outspoken about various political and social issues. Now, he’s turning his attention back to his music, dropping new visuals for the rework of his classic track “Carried Away.”

Akala fans will no doubt remember the vintage song from the rapper’s discography. The new version of the track features UK singer Josh Osho on vocals. The gripping video for the song shows the cases of two young men dying and the devastation it leaves on their families.

‘The songs content was inspired by two forms of death, one being young people from poor backgrounds in the midst of one of the richest cities on earth killing each other for a whole host of reasons that I would argue are part of a larger structural violence… The other form of death was inspired by young working class soldiers (I wrote the song in 05 so Iraq was relatively recent) who think because of propaganda and nationalism that they are going to war for their country, only to find out they are actually fighting, killing and dying for banks and oil companies…’ – Akala

The rapper is also set to release a new album in September titled 10 Years Of Akala and he will also be heading out on tour on his It’s Not A Rumour 10^th Anniversary Tour.

Check out the video for “Carried Away” below.

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