Tolumide

AFRO-POP INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST

TOLUMIDE

TolumiDE (pronounced toe-lu-mee-day), is an award-winning R&B Afro-Pop World Inspiration Soul Singer Songwriter Artist, Multi-media Producer and Visual Arts – Graphics Designer. Currently a Washington- DC resident, the Toronto born York University graduate and alum singer for four time Canadian Reggae Music Award nominated group ‘Women Ah Run Tings’ shares her “LiveLoveLaugh” life as a blogger at tolumide.com and servers her community as a member of the non-profit AfropolitanYouth.org and an Entertainment Director for FestAfricaUSA.com, the largest African Festival in Maryland.

TolumiDE describes her music as “Suya Soul” and her album, ‘My Love’ reflects the phrase as a sonic cross-cultural blend of World Afro-pop Inspiration and Neo-Soul with mainly English lyrics and a touch of African Spice in the form of native language and rhythm. Influenced by acts within R&B, Gospel and Classic Soul genres such as Sade, Stevie Wonder, and Africa Pop stars as, Onyeka Owenu and Christy Essien Igokwe, TolumiDE whose name translates as “Thank God” in Yorùbá, has evolved as a Female Vocalist with audience grabbing performances, rave reviews and multiple awards.