Premiere: Mayorkun Calls On Ms. Banks And Russ For “Geng” Remix

Nigerian rising star Mayorkun kicked off 2020 in style, dropping the massively anthemic “Geng” and now he’s back to revisit the track with his two friends Ms. Banks and Russ Millions to give the track a UK flourish. Mayorkun’s been making some major waves in the past couple of years with his 2018 debut album The Mayor Of Lagos did phenomenal numbers and pretty much every single he’s dropped has done at least as well.

Anticipation for the original version was sky high to begin with and unsurprisingly the track ended up at the number 1 spot in Nigeria’s charts for five consecutive weeks. Bringing in two of our own stars is just about guaranteed to repeat that success, if not surpass it entirely. Taking full advantage of our love affair with Afrobeats’ jumpy grooves, the thumping production brings out the best in Russ and Ms. Banks who bring a commanding energy to the track, giving it a whole new lease of life.

Speaking with Complex about the remix over email, Mayorkun told us: “I first bonded with Russ when I met him at Davido’s 02 Arena concert in London last year, since then we’ve stayed in contact and just built an organic relationship so it was a no brainer when thinking of who I should team up with for this remix. With Ms. Banks she is a strong, beautiful rapper who I admire plus she is also of Nigerian descent so that was definitely someone I really wanted to work with.”