Florida-based artist Hurricane Wisdom has released his new hit ‘Living Up’. Recorded on a recent trip to Lagos, his new record, “LIVING UP,” is an Afrobeats-inspired song that pays homage to Hurricane Wisdom’s (born Wisdom Mikeal Oluola) Nigerian roots. He teased the record a few weeks ago on his Instagram, and the song has been garnering a lot of attention from his fans and peers, including Lil Baby and others. The single is officially out this Friday, March 20th via Rebel Music.
Check out a private stream of “LIVING UP” HERE
While Hurricane was in Lagos, he traveled to Makoko to shoot the song’s music video, which we should be able to share a viewing link for shortly. In the folder below, we have some great clips from the music video shoot of him vibing and dancing with the locals, which you are welcome to use for posting on socials this week in the lead-up to the release.
Download clips from the video shoot HERE
“LIVING UP” follows the release of “Dangerous,” which dropped back in late February, “Over Now,” which has over 2.4 million views and 1.8 million Spotify streams since its February release, and the late 2025 banger “My Life” (2.7 million views), which peaked at #9 on YouTube’s Trending Chart for Music.
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Hurricane Wisdom had an outstanding 2025, during which he established himself as one of rap music’s most-exciting rising stars. After elevating in Summer 2024 with “Giannis” (over 60 million streams across platforms), named one of the best songs of that year by Pitchfork, Hurricane boosted his profile with two high-quality projects in 2025. In February, Hurricane dropped Perfect Storm. Home to “Giannis” (Remix) ft. Polo G, and additional hits like “Drugs Callin” and “On God” ft. Raq Baby, Perfect Storm charted on the Billboard 200 for three weeks (#126 peak).
During the summer, Hurricane tore up the scene with a series of singles, including “Woosah” (which peaked at #9 for YouTube trending and #40 on the YouTube Top Music Video chart), “Afraid” (reached #12 on YouTube’s Trending Chart), “Powerhouse,” which Hurricane debuted on Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon stream with On The Radar, reached the Top 10 of YouTube’s Trending Chart, and #89 on YouTube’s Music Video chart, and, “OT,” which reached the Top 5 of YouTube’s Trending Chart, and #86 on the YouTube Music Video Charts. Those singles and more appeared on Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain. More than a deluxe, Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain brings 17 original songs, not yet collected on any project, landing multiple weeks on the Billboard 200 with a peak of #54, debuting in the Top Ten of Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart and at #16 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
