Award-winning Nigerian musician and global music star PATORANKING kickstarts his new era with ‘NO JONZE’ , the street-rooted and festival-ready dance offering, and lead single from his highly anticipated fifth studio album coming soon.
Built on the raw bounce of late ‘90s and early noughties Galala music, and laced with modern Afro-dancehall sensibilities, ‘No Jonze’ is pure forward motion and celebration with purpose. The track applauds hustle, urges focus, and reminds underdogs to keep their foot on the gas, with the title flipping Lagos street slang into a mantra for life, imploring listeners not to fumble the moment.
‘No Jonze’ is the first taste of a highly anticipated forthcoming project that will see Patoranking revisiting the streets and culture that raised him, and reframing that energy for today’s global Afrobeats stage, connecting his reggae and dancehall foundation with global music momentum.
Galala: The ‘Kingston of Nigeria’ Sound
At the core of ‘No Jonze’ is Galala music, the Ajegunle-born dance-led sound that Patoranking grew up dancing to, and has long championed in his own music. Often described by Patoranking as the “stepchild of dancehall”, Galala music is raw, percussive, and defiantly alive. ‘No Jonze’ pays that lineage forward, while echoing an era when music was resistance, survival, and freedom.
Patoranking also widens the lens with this single, placing Lagos’ street rhythm and culture in a global conversation. He notes that the same dancehall DNA that birthed Dominican Republic’s Dembow music, Kidandali in Uganda, and Kenya’s Gengetone also runs through the veins of Galala music.
The accompanying video for ‘No Jonze’ lands this manifesto back in Ajegunle, also known as “the Kingston of Nigeria”, where it all began. Shot in the heart of the bustling Lagos suburb, Patoranking shares the frame with Galala greats Marvelous Benjy and Allen B, while a street mural salutes the forebears who birthed the culture, including Daddy Showkey, Daddy Fresh, and African China.
Directed by Nigerian filmmaker Director K, who has also worked with Rema, Wizkid, and Davido, the visuals bring ‘90s Lagos City vibes and culture into 2025 with cinematic effect. They capture the essence of ‘No Jonze’: pure raw energy, Galala dance as its finest, real street faces, and fearless fashion—a true love letter to the streets that shaped Patoranking.
Patoranking: A Global Ambassador with Purpose
Patoranking is an award-winning Nigerian musician whose sound is global, his story grounded, and his mission bigger than music.
- Musical Legacy: He has forged his own lane by fusing Afrobeats, reggae, and dancehall into his music, not as a trend but from his lived experience in the streets of Ebute-Metta in Lagos. He is one of Afro-dancehall’s most defining voices with era-shaping hits like ‘My Woman My Everything’ and ‘Babylon’. His catalogue boasts over 2 billion global streams, Billboard-charting projects, and collaborations with Major Lazer, Popcaan, and the late Bob Marley.
- Philanthropy: Beyond the charts, Patoranking advances his work as the United Nation Development Programme’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa. Through his charity, the Patoranking Foundation, he has directly impacted over 5,000 young people, awarded 250+ scholarships, launched tech scholarships, and unveiled a new community football turf in Lagos, championing youth innovation and entrepreneurship.
As a musician, Patoranking is bold and street-rooted, reflecting in critical acclaim from tastemakers such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, CNN, and Vogue, and major awards from The Headies, MTV Africa Music Awards, and AFRIMMA.
Source: Africa Publicity
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