R&B’s rising star Zion has built his kingdom out of a bedroom studio and is set to release his new mixtape, ‘Welcome To The Lions Den’

Today, 20-year-old South London singer Zion releases his new single “Welcome To The Lions Den” via his imprint, Orange Heart. After teasing it to his fans, last Sunday unannounced, Zion dropped visuals for the title track from his forthcoming mixtape of the same name, and the rest of us are still trying to catch up.

Growing up in one of London’s most diverse and dangerous areas, Zion was raised by his protective Nigerian mother. Throughout his childhood, he was only exposed to Gospel music and it wasn’t until his late teens that a football coach introduced him to artists like Usher & Lil Wayne, building a newfound obsession. At 15, he began recording songs at school and releasing them online, never shy of writing heartbreaker ballads, his peers bullied him for his romantic expression. Igniting a passion to prove them wrong he continued to create and his online fanbase began to grow rapidly. Zion’s mother gave him a one-year deadline to pursue music before university and it was during that time he released “When I First Laid Eyes On You” which has received over 10 million views to date, the rest is history.

Terrifying to most, Zion finds his creative juices are at their prime whilst live on Instagram. Much of his back catalogue has been made live and the majority of his forthcoming project was self-engineered and created on Instagram live. His most recent single – which features on the mixtape – ‘Senorita’ was created and recorded entirely on IG and has already received over 1 million combined plays.

Catch the video here