About

Emperor Sam is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter, producer, and composer whose energetic and enchanting music transports the listener to another era while feeling distinctly present. Specialising in pop fusion, he sources inspiration from everywhere he has resided and the various genres that influence him, including funk, blues, hip-hop, psychedelic rock, and pop, and transforms those pieces into heartfelt and bombastic stories about randomness, loneliness, love, and the wild lives of today.

Originally from Nigeria, his first EP focused on exploring classic blues sounds with the production and tools of today, and his recent singles and releases expand that sound with more jazz and compositional elements while refining his modern pop/hip-hop sound and incorporating his native Afrobeat/Afrobeats influences. This has led Sam to incorporate this fresh and evolving approach to his live shows, as he performs solo and with his band, the ACE Experience, in the Philly and NYC scenes. What matters most in his music journey is keeping the memories and sounds of the past alive, syncing them with today, and reminding his audience to “keep moving forward”.