PartyNextDoor Co-Headlines Afro Nation Detroit 2024: The Enigmatic Star’s Journey

Canadian R&B singer, songwriter and producer PartyNextDoor has a bit of a conundrum, if you want to call it that.By all accounts, this introvert prefers anonymity to celebrity. However, by being involved with some of the biggest hits of the last decade, widespread fame and notoriety, the kind that stalks Party’s most notable associate, seems close.But for now, he can breathe.“The only thing that’s important, that has changed my life, is dropping music. I’m not worried about the fame,” he told Billboard earlier this year. The only question is for how long because gaining more fans always seems like a certainty whenever and wherever he performs. Such is the case when the enigmatic musician joins artists like Rema, Lil Wayne and Asake as co-headliners at AfroNation Detroit 2024 on August 17-18 at Bedrock’s Douglass site. Fans will become reacquainted with Jahron Anthony Brathwaite of Ontario, Canada. He has collaborated with your favorite artist—whether that’s Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye West, or Drake—who made him the first artist signed to his OVO label.Yet, for an artist with his track record—pardon the pun—that sort of all-encompassing stardom that stalks his label boss has eluded him. But he seems okay with that. For those that...