{"id":63117,"date":"2020-06-17T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63117"},"modified":"2020-06-17T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:06:49","slug":"afropop-artist-young-jay-releases-latest-single-eziokwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/afropop-artist-young-jay-releases-latest-single-eziokwu\/","title":{"rendered":"Afropop Artist Young Jay Releases Latest Single, &#8216;Eziokwu&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Iwuh Ifeanyi Justice is an Afro pop artist from Nigeria who performs under the name Young Jay. Young Jay&#8217;s latest single, &#8216;Eziokwu&#8217; is a song of heartbreak, despite the upbeat and summery nature of the music.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Originally from Akur Ondo, but growing up in Aba, in Abia State, in Nigeria&#8217;s southeast, he signed with P. London this year, which has enabled him to have international success. &#8216;Eziokwu&#8217; was written out of the love he feels for an ex, despite her parents having been against the relationship and wanting it to end. Young Jay&#8217;s heart is well and truly on his sleeve as he sings with passion and deep emotion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can hear more of Young Jay&#8217;s music on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2c2mxGO5Qqu4Pym6ghpN0w?si=hRZb6HQ9Rf-lYn7xqHnKKw\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mk_dlscRefE\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tooxclusive.com\/young-jhay-eziokwu-what-i-know\/\">his official website<\/a>. Follow him online on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iconicyjay\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iconicyoungjay\/?igshid=y62213eqjcg7\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Eziokwu&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Eziokwu\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2aXAOYEQ6eNftgrb9WG442?si=GLaMxyUrRnmHmSlHM3EB7A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iwuh Ifeanyi Justice is an Afro pop artist from Nigeria who performs under the name Young Jay. Young Jay&#8217;s latest single, &#8216;Eziokwu&#8217; is a song of heartbreak, despite the upbeat and summery nature of the music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":63130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[13723,25451,11720,989,77,370,7192,20584,25450],"class_list":["post-63117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-afro-pop","tag-eziokwu","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-artist","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian","tag-young-jay"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gq1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63118,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/kaylee-jay-releases-latest-single-flying\/","url_meta":{"origin":63117,"position":0},"title":"Kaylee Jay Releases Latest Single, &#8216;Flying&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"17\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"While on a spur of the moment trip to Los Angeles, songwriter Kaylee Jay wrote her latest single, 'Flying', with LA based rappers, Nodaysoff, and Big Phavor. 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