From his first major success, the now-classic "Check On Me" to his last great hit, "ANONYMOUS " (2023), PAPI MAYOR wrote the words to some of AFRICA most beloved standards. In YORUBA & ENGLISH: The Art of the Lyricist, PAPI_MAYOR illuminates the craft behind this remarkable achievement to reveal how AFROPOP took the everyday speech of Africans and Americans and made it sing. Mayor traces the development of Afropop lyrical art from his early love of light verse Issorite and now emergence as a prominent writer for the Donadex Music Entertainment in 2023.