B-Da Sufi  

B-Da Sufi

B-Da Sufi is an independent hip hop artist/Emcee from West-Africa. B-Da Sufi is now residing in Oslo, Norway, where he has developed a multilingual style of rapping . B-Da Sufi raps in English, Norwegian, wollof and other languages. The blending of different languages gives B-Da Sufi a unique and interesting style of hip hop. He has released 5 studio albums, and he is a very popular artist in West-Africa. He is a vivid and mesmerizing live artist. Though born in The Gambia, Babacarr Joof grew up in between Senegal and The Gambia. He was 17, when his path from Babacarr to B-Da Sufi started. When his cousin brother introduced B-Da Sufi to rap in 1996, he was immediately inspired by the music that he had openly started addressing important topics like slavery, poverty and politics. Two years later, he got into studio and started to record his first songs in collaboration with his brother. In the subsequent years he did a lot of live performances and was productive in writing music. He cofounded Diegui Rails Records, which has developed to be one of the biggest production companies in Senegal. B-Da Sufi’s first album “Love & Peace” was released in 2007 and overnight he became well-known all over the Senegambia region . He did a lot of radio and TV-interviews in the region, and performed at several hip hop festivals and events in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. His second album was “Just for the Love”. It was released in 2010, followed by “Hip Hop Still” in 2013. The years in between the two albums, led him out on a different and unexpected journey which was to the Northern hemisphere. B Da-Sufi moved to Oslo and Norway in 2012.There is no doubt that this move has influenced his music. Nevertheless, he remains faithful to his style in different musical collaborations and inspirations. In 2017 he released an Ep called “I Wish”, in which featured many great artists, like Ole-O of DRM Klikk, Sheldon Blackman, King Milo, Singateh, Njie B, Sarah B, Dj Tocznique, Bafana Isaac Nhlapo, Dj Leuz and Jason Nemor Harden. The Ep was produced by Omar Traore (Zap) xalam studio, The Gambia. All the songs were recorded in Oslo under X-Ray Ungdomskulturhus, Park music and DRM studio. West-Africa has remained his main inspiration thought, and when he blends blues into his newest album, it may have awoken some spirits in the blues community in the north. The colours and flavor found in B-Da Sufi’s new album, “Flowing into the Blues” came from Mali.

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