ABOUT ZULE ZOO:"Zule -Zoo is a combination of Ibro and Mike, we did not just jump into music. We started as professional dancers right from Benue State as far back as 1992 before we came down to Lagos in 1996 to attend the National Troupe audition. After the audition, we decided to stay back and go into music." Ibrahim Alhassan, the leader of the group narrated during a recent encounter with Sunday Arts at their film village base near the National Theatre Complex, Iganmu.The two artistes who hail from different homes for ages have been united by fate to engage in what they are doing today. "We are not twins but we have been very close to each other from our childhood days at school."Ibrahim says both him and his partner, Mike knew, based on their childhood mingling, that they both had a lot to share with each other. During their childhood days, he recounts,"we discovered that we have something in common and then, could work together to shake the world". He recalled that he came to Lagos before Mike who later joined him as they both featured in the National; Troupe's audition which rather left them disappointed."After the NTN's audition, I had no fare to go back to Benue State, so I decided to stay back and sweat it out with life. There and then, I started working hard to ensure that I realize my ambition to become a star in my lifetime. About that time, Mike who left immediately for Benue after the audition later returned to join me and that was when we started researching on how to actualize our dream as we later came up with the name, Zule-Zoo, meaning forgotten warriors never die."Notwithstanding what difficulties they faced as a result of their struggle to actualize their dreams to take the world by storm, the Zule-Zoo boys are today emerging stronger, outshining their contemporaries. Their blend of African rhythm with the western hip-pop is something of innovation that has given African music a new idiom. Like the Afro-beat music, the Zule-Zoo boys are treading the path of late Fela who originated the Afro-beat as a music idiom.With their Takoroko beat, the boys create a style that is less imitative. According to them, the thrust of their music is to promote African culture and also use the same to preach peace, equal rights and justice across the globe."We want to use our kind of music to promote our culture. We always bear the symbol of African culture because Africa is endowed with rich culture. In future, it is our dream to showcase young but talented musicians who lack the desired assistance to hit the mark and be celebrated". says the band leader.Zule Zoo are a Blue Pie artist and are available at all leading digital retailers on the planet. Search " zule zoo"

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