Weekly Music Video

This week's video is Rider by American singer Mereba. Her full name is Marian Mereba (she goes by her surname professionally) and she has Ethiopian and African American heritage. As a child Mereba lived in different places due to her family's jobs, which exposed her to a variety of people. In her teen years she lived in Greensboro, North Carolina and also spent some living in Ethiopia where her dad is from. She is now based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mereba started performing in the indie music scene and went on to self-release her debut EP Room For Living in February 2013 (using her full name). In June 2014, she released her debut single September. She signed to Interscope Records in 2018 and released the singles Black Truck and Planet U, followed by her debut album The Jungle Is The Only Way Out in February 2019. Her music is a blend of R'n'B, folk and hip hop. On her Instagram she describes it as "medicine music".

To date Mereba has released several more singles including Radio Flyer, Sandstorm and Rider; another and two more EPs- Kotton House, Vol. 1 (2017) and AZEB (2021). As a member of the music collective Spillage Village (which singer/rapper 6LACK is also a part of), she featured on the 2020 album Spilligion.

Rider is from AZEB and both were released in May.

Watch the video for Mereba's latest song Go(l)d here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTeDtD_31uQ

And follow her at these links:

Official site: http://www.merebamusic.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mereba/

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/MerebaMusic

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