Belly Squad

South-East London trio Belly Squad broke out in 2016 with the single "Banana," their fresh sound combining the emergent Afrobeat genre with dancehall and rap in a narcotic "wavy" style. The trio was formed in 2014 by Ty and Ross Jombla, cousins of West African heritage, and their school friend Remmi Maxwell -- aka Yung Max -- whose father had played in the roots reggae band Revolutionary Dub Warriors. Their name comes from the slang term "hit the belly," meaning to make it big. Cutting their teeth on covers of Stormzy and Travis Scott, they broke through in 2016 with their fi...