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‘R&B today is like Brazilian football – the creativity, the skill’: Odeal, the genre’s hottest UK star


After being dropped by his label, the British-Nigerian singer became huge as an independent artist. So why did the Brit awards snub him? Ahead of arena dates he reflects on his journey so far

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