A Close Up With Macco Fontane

Q.) What is your name/stage name?

A.) Macco Fontane

Q.) Where are you from?

A.) Cross River, Nigeria

Q.) What do you do?

A.) I am a musician and a music distributor

Q.) How long have you been making music?

A.) I have been making music since 2017

Q.) Who’s your biggest inspiration?

A.) Fela Kuti

Q.) What genre of music do you create?

A.) Hiphop and Rnb Soul

Q.) What was it like working with (collabs?)

A.) It felt good, because I saw what I could create with someone else. Most of the time I write music alone, but with another artist there’s always a new creative direction and it’s thrilling.

Q.) What are some features you have?

A.) I have a song with mostly artist from around here, Girl Scottish, Furz Khadi Etc.

Q.) What are some features you want to get?

A.) A$ap Rocky, Burna Boy, Drake etc.

Q.) Who’s one person, dead or alive, that you’d want to work with?

A.) Mac Miller

Q.)Are you signed to a label?

A.) No, i am not.

Q.) Do you want a record deal, a distribution deal, or none?

A.) A distribution deal

Q.) Who are your biggest supporters?

A.) my family, friends and my city. They love me and my work.

Q.) Where did your name come from?

A.) My firstname is Emmanuel, it means “God is with us” and out here they call all Emmanuel’s Emmaco, so my first name Macco is short for that, while my second name “Fontane” is Italian for Fountain, so together to me it means “God’s Fountain is with us”.

Q.) What are you currently working on?

A.) I am working on an 8 track Ep which is almost finished and ready to be sent into the world.

Q.) What is your latest release?

A.) my latest release is a freestyle titled “Hollow” https://open.spotify.com/track/7hTvvMhuLGMwalrPGdGNnJ?si=lGQVzOg0S5OaHo6tAKEjjQ

Q.) When is your next release?

A.) January