Part reggae princess, neo-soul star and political hip-hop warrior, Nneka Egbuna was born and raised in Nigeria then moved to Hamburg, Germany at 19 to study anthropology - and kick off her music career. Now 27, about to make her US debut, and release her second album, she's tipped to take over Lauryn Hill's conscious songwriter crown - but, having already entranced UK clubs when Chase and Status remixed her brilliant song Heartbeats, she's already the captivated mainstream with her politically-inclined, spiritually aware pop.

Last year she released her second album No Longer at Ease, which takes its name from the book by Chinua Achebe of the same name, and focused on the corruption of the oil industry in her childhood home of the Niger Delta. Now, touring the US, and with a new compilation of her previous albums available as a 3-CD box set and on Spotify - To And Fro - she's about to go huge. Check out her videos below to see exactly why: