The North-west Londoner joined forces with beatmaker Joy Orbison to surprise fans with a two-pack, including ‘Royal rumble’ and ‘Mr nice guy’, Cityboy leans into his nonchalant rap sound in ‘Royal rumble’ while reverting to his soulful singing in ‘Mr nice guy’. 

The two-pack was partnered with a video directed by Seb Tabe featuring Moe in two different settings, the first a dark boarded up ‘bando’ followed by a completely parallel surrounding to that of the ‘Royal rumble’ video, ‘Mr nice guy’ took moe to a tranquil long grassed field matching his soft soulful lyrics for the second track. 

Moe drops music when he wants, surprising fans every now and then with new tracks and visuals. In 2021 the artists dropped memorable tracks such as ‘Turned out alright’ and ‘City on fire’. As well as releasing his own music the British Somali has also appeared on other artists work, such as Canadian poet and songwriter Mustafas debut album ‘When Smoke rises’, appearing as vocals on the track ‘Separate’’ and has writing credits on the track ‘Stay alive’.

Cityboy isn’t just boxing himself as just an artist and has teased a new clothing range titled ‘Split dat’ which has been seen on a number of his famous friends and fellow north-west Londoners, Chunkz and Sharky.

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The North West London singer-songwriters latest release pays tribute to his hometown with lyrics referencing the streets that he walks day to day. ‘These streets that I walk in were never made for me’, his foreign identity in the streets that he was born in is expressed in his soulful voice as he makes reference to the current world climate throughout his song.

The video was directed by Walid Labri and premiered on Complex UK, the visuals show Moe moving around his local area of Wembley, North West London and features a scene in the studio of rising Nigerian artist Olaoluslawn. His latest release follows on from his previous single ‘Turned out alright’, another ode to his local community and friends he grew up around in North West London with the video featuring a cameo from Wembley local and internet sensation Chunkz.

In an interview with Complex UK, the singer said “There’s discord between what we desire and what benefits the soul,”, his music is heavily tied to his faith and lyrics such as “Wake up in the morning, pray my Salah / If I got what I wanted, would I see Jannah?”, refers directly to what the artist had to say to Complex. As a Muslim just creating music is haram and Moe questions his wants with his ultimate goals of Jannah throughout his new release.

Moe has been releasing music since 2018 but with only 5 videos on Youtube and 4 songs on Spotify every time the artist drops it feels like an event with his cinematic videos and pure lyrics.

Cityboymoes new single ‘City on fire’ is available on all streaming platforms.

Watch the video for the song down below: