Tunji Ige Pours Up in “Dark Liquor” Video

Rising rapper Tunji Ige drops the video for "Dark Liquor" as part of the A3C Volume 5 mixtape. The hard-hitting track is accompanied by a quick-moving video that shows the MC's hectic lifestyle that has gotten a whole lot busier since he became an artist to watch. Featuring clips of his live performances, late nights in the studio, traveling from state-to-state and shaking hands and kissing babies, the Philly native flashes a youthful energy that is sure to pay off. Check it out above.

Ige was featured in XXL's "The Break" section and he spoke on how his diverse upbringing helped shape his wide-ranging taste in music. "My parents are Nigerian, so a lot of African music was played in the household, as well as ’80s dance hits. I was growing up listening to a lot of Fela Kuti, a lot of King Sunny Adé, as far as the African aspect, that’s why I have a lot of call and response in my music," he said. "Also Zapp & Roger, Michael Jackson, and Shalamar, stuff like that was like the groove aspect that influenced me. And then when it came to hip-hop, I remember It’s Dark and Hell is Hot by DMX was the first hip-hop album I bought. That really impacted me. I listened to a lot of gritty rap. I guess the whole sound of my music – between the lyrics and my melodies – is because its influenced by the music I grew up listening to. I grew up listening to Philly rap, so anything from early Meek Mill to Ar-Ab, and mixing that with the grooves of African music, and mixing that with the grooves of early ’80s R&B, that’s my music."