Akua Naru - Made It ft. Eric Benét

Singer, rapper, poet, social activist, Akua Naru released her highly anticipated music video “Made It” featuring Eric Benét. "Made It" is the second single off Akua Naru’s third and forthcoming studio album The Blackest Joy out April 27th.

“Made It” is a joyful depiction of black culture and celebrates its rich history. Akua delivers thoughtful lyrics about the black experience in her boom bap rhyming which correlates with Eric Benét’s neo soul vibes. Its celebratory and nostalgic tone speaks of triumph through tribulation and the arrival at power and joy through struggle, an assessment of where we have been and hopeful vision for where we are going.

Filmed in Lome, Togo, West Africa and directed by LA based artist Joachim Zunke, the video, the second in a series following the visually stunning “My Mother’s Daughter,” is an aesthetic homage to the power of the human spirit and it’s strength to overcome.

“People of the sun, we dance and pay homage. How we please the Gods? Show up regardless.” Akua reminds viewers of then and now with “Made It.”

Pre-order The Blackest Joy HERE.