A92’s Offica wins Best Artist 2021 award for ‘Obito’
Things have moved on since Drogheda rappers A92 burst onto the scene a couple of years ago, boy have they moved on!
Their videos receive millions of views and they have gone from being Ireland’s premier Drill collective to one of the biggest in the world. Representing Ireland and Drogheda all the way.
This week the Irish media platform Olly’s TV presented Offica with an Irish Billboard Award which honour achievements in music based on key interactions with music fans, as well as album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement.
A92 received the award in 2020 with their life changing Plugged In freestyle with Fumez the engineer, exploding in popularity, their centrepiece, Offica, has been leading the charge of this revolution of the hip-hop sub-genre ever since.
Donning his trademark mask at the beginning of his career, tracks like “Naruto Drillings” “Blue Bird” and “Face Reveal” established him as a force within the UK drill scene.
The video marked the beginning of a new chapter for Offica. Having first risen to prominence in the international drill scene wearing his trademark orange Obito mask – as seen in the video for his breakout hit ‘Naruto Drillings’, and the subsequent viral remix with KSI – he finally removed the mask in May 2020, in the video for ‘Face Reveal’.
Now, in his new video, he continues to lace his verses with anime references, while opting for a new white Obito mask.
Produced by his frequent collaborator Kidspyal, the track finds Offica returning to his roots with a ‘Naruto Drillings’ inspired beat. The video, which premiered on major UK platforms GRM Daily, also features appearances from Offica’s A92 collective. It has received almost 2.5 million views since its premiere in May 2021.
