Matt O’Baoill and Max Zanga are Tebi Rex an alt hip-hop duo from Maynooth, Kildare whose styles take in pop, acoustic and dance as part of its sound.
is the lead single of the Ducks-To-Position EP which was released on Bandcamp on Sunday.
Tebi Rex are part of the Word Up Collective, a new hip-hop collective featuring a new breed of Irish musicians whose music draws from different styles as well as rap.
‘Black Enough’, the highlight from the EP, has a dance-pop beat in common with Hare Squead’s recent major label debut and addresses/celebrates the differences in people whatever race they are.
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