Nana Richard Abiona (born 2 December 1988), better known by his stage name Fuse ODG, is a British singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best known for his singles "

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" and " Dangerous Love", and for featuring on

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's " Light It Up (Remix)".

Early life

Born in

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and raised in

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, Fuse returned to London for his secondary education, where he attended

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, Croydon. He grew up in

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. The stage name "Fuse" comes from his fusion of musical styles, as he is known for his unusual combination of genres such as Afro-pop, hip-hop, R&B, funk and rock. "ODG", meanwhile, stands for 'Off Da Ground'.

Music career

2013–14: ''T.I.N.A.''

On 2 June 2013, Fuse ODG released his debut single "

", the song peaked at number 7 on the

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, the song also peaked at number 85 on the

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. On 29 September 2013 he released the single "

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", the song peaked at number 30 on the

. On 19 October 2013, he was awarded 'Best African Act' at the MOBO Award's 18th Anniversary. He recently won four awards at the Urban Music Awards 2013; Best Music Video, Best Single, Best Artiste and Best Collaboration. On 29 December 2013 he released the single "

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", the song peaked at number 5 on the

, the song also peaked at number 65 on the

. On 18 May 2014 Fuse ODG released " Dangerous Love", featuring

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. It peaked at number 3 on the

. His next single, " T.I.N.A." featuring British R&B artist

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, was released on 19 October 2014. His debut album, '' T.I.N.A.'', an acronym for "This Is New Africa", was released on 3 November 2014 and includes all five singles, the album peaked to number 25 on the

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, the album also peaked to number 63 in

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. Fuse ODG turned down an offer to sing on the

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project because he objected to the way the lyrics of the song portrayed the victims of the ongoing

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, and Africa generally.

2015–present

In April 2015 he featured on

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's single "Imperfection". In July 2015 he released the single "Only". He features on

's single "Leyla". The song was released on 17 July 2015. On 4 September 2015 he released the single "Top of My Charts". In 2016, he collaborated with British Asian artist

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and Indian rapper Badshah. They came together and composed an African/Indian soundtrack, ''Bombae''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

Awards and nominations

References

External links

fuse ODG – Island
RapNaija. Retrieved 13 July 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuse ODG Living people 1988 births Black British male rappers English people of Ghanaian descent People from Mitcham People from Tooting Rappers from London 3 Beat Records artists