About this Event
Join us for our Summer Concert Series at Third Space! We're excited to announce Tukkiman as our featured musician for July.
Mamadou Lamine Diao, aka Tukkiman, is an internationally acclaimed Senegalese singer, songwriter, music producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist. Tukkiman is an artist who creates for the sake of love, peace, equality, respect, and justice. His music is a mixture of Afrobeats, Reggae, Hip Hop, and Pop. Tukkiman’s musical style is lush, melodic, powerful, and knows no borders; it is about inclusion, freedom, love, and travel. His music fuses genres creating a universal sound that is inspiring, engaging, and brings a message; he reminds us of our unified inner beauty and humanity. Tukki describes himself as a “citizen of the world.” His musical identity was shaped by experiencing the music revolution of the ’90s and incorporating the influences of hip-hop, reggae, rock, pop, soul, and African rhythms.
His new album, On The Afro, which came out January 2023, takes you on a journey through Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and back to Chicago where he lives now. Tukki has been producing Afrobeats with a foundation of Assiko, a West African urban drum and dance style he grew up playing and singing before Afrobeats became the popular worldwide genre it is today. From Assiko to Afrobeats to Amapiano to Dancehall, Tukkiman stays true to the philosophy of TUKKI which is traveling the world without borders. “Now Afrobeats has no borders. it's not just the waves, it's Africa.”
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Third Space Chicago, 716 West Addison Street, Chicago, United States
USD 25.00