Havana Membership has teamed up with Burna Boy, the “African Large,” to create a restricted version Havana Membership 7 rum bottling. Over the previous few years, much-needed up to date voices from Africa have emerged to inform and defend narratives from the storied continent. Burna Boy has largely been on the forefront by means of crossover sounds that mix Afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, rap, and R&B, and empowering lyrics delivered with conviction, successful him the Finest World Music Album finally yr’s Grammy Awards.
This vibrant Havana Membership 7 restricted version bottle is impressed by the standard cultural headgear present in South Nigeria, with tassels illustrated on the entrance label, and a multicoloured “Aso Oke” background – a hand-woven material created by the Yoruba Folks of West Africa typically adorning robes and hats worn for celebratory ceremonies equivalent to weddings. That is Burna Boy’s private ode to the fantastic thing about tradition, the energy of group values and pleasure to defend his roots.
Honouring one’s roots is one thing that the artist and Havana Membership share, from Nigeria to Cuba, and Burna Boy wished to ensure the restricted version bottle mirrored this pleasure in a single’s origins. Sitting entrance and centre of the bottle is “Burna Boy” handwritten by the artist himself, whereas a palm leaf crown wraps the Havana Membership emblem – an ode to the African Union emblem, and the underside a part of the label integrates the Rivers State area of Nigeria, the place Burna Boy was born.
A brief movie celebrates the intimately interwoven story between Burna Boy and Havana Membership; an observance of conviviality, tribe and bonding values, be it within the comforts of 1’s house or the optimism of a dancefloor, from Lagos to London. To offer a voice to the « Cloth of tradition », a voice over by Burna Boy himself takes this film to the subsequent stage, making the collaboration come to life as a connection of household and friendships through the Havana Membership bottle and supporting a spirited message of affection from Burna Boy himself:
“It takes an incredible individual to beat each day trials and tribulations, and an excellent larger individual to deliberately determine that life is for residing,” he says. “As we share in the fantastic thing about tradition, group and heritage, let’s have fun in united liberations. Please bear in mind that you’re a GIANT, at this time and at all times.” A toast to hope and togetherness that Havana Membership is proud to be supporting.
The Havana Membership x Burna Boy restricted version bottle can be accessible all through the summer season in a dozen nations together with Cuba, Germany, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Eire, and the UK.
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In Might, Havana Membership teamed up with rapper Frenna to launch a restricted version bottle of Havana Membership 7. In March, the Cuban rum model partnered with Spanish DJ Dangerous Gyal to launch a restricted version bottle.
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