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Skepta and Portable Are Amusing Allies on ‘Tony Montana’
The grime rapper tapped the rising Nigerian act on his new song
In English, Pidgin and Yoruba, Skepta spits celebratory rags-to-riches bars like “Yeah, I remember, nigbati ebi n pami / Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, we drink garri / Now they wanna snap pictures, I live flashy / Who gon’ stop me, huh? Their look and persona make for an amusing juxtaposition in the music video: Skepta, tall, crisp, and stately, maintains his cool even as he does a slight two-step, while Portable, much smaller, with hair cut into vibrant pastel sections, dances much more liberally. In a scene where the pair enjoy a lit but elegant all-white party, Portable, having spent the evening at the center of the floor, leads the crowd in the chest-puffing dance move he’d been hitting vigorously throughout.
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