ASAKE: IN GOD WE TRUST WORLD TOUR
About This Event
Asake, who works at the intersection of rock/pop and contemporary African club forms — his music tagged as afrobeats, amapiano and afropop — brings propulsive percussion and chant-ready hooks to Barclays Center on the ASAKE: IN GOD WE TRUST World Tour. The bill also features DJ-producer Uncle Waffles, whose amapiano-rooted sets fold in gqom, bacardi, afrobeats and 3-step with long, percussive transitions.
About IN GOD WE TRUST WORLD TOUR
“IN GOD WE TRUST WORLD TOUR” arrives at Barclays Center as a live concert event positioned between rock and pop conventions, framed for an arena scale. The bill places ASAKE alongside Uncle Waffles, mapping current diasporic club and pop currents onto a Brooklyn stage that routinely hosts global touring circuits. There is no clear NYC premiere history attached to this stop, but its significance sits in how New York absorbs and re-broadcasts transnational sounds. One clear takeaway is the program’s emphasis on rhythm-forward performance over narrative staging.
About the Artists
ASAKE
ASAKE is an individual artist working at the intersection of rock/pop and contemporary African club forms, with Spotify tags spanning afrobeats, amapiano, and afropop and a large global following. His songs lean on propulsive percussion and chant-ready hooks, built for call-and-response as much as radio.
Uncle Waffles
Uncle Waffles is a DJ and producer whose sets move through amapiano and adjacent South African dance styles, including gqom and bacardi, with afrobeats and 3-step in the mix. Her Spotify profile places her in the afropiano lane, with moderate popularity and a following around 1.