Emanuel

Emanuel Assefa, known as simply Emanuel, is an R&B singer/songwriter who made his major-label debut in 2020 with the potent ballad "Need You." Released that April through Universal Music in the artist's native Canada, "Need You" received a profile boost from actor Idris Elba, who urged his social media followers to send images and clips -- visual representations of how they were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic -- for a video collage set to the song. Thousands of contributions were sent from locations across the world, enabling Emanuel and director Matt Di Carlo to make the s...