Pasly YAT

Mwenebatu pasi who’s known by his stage name Pasly Yat grew up in an African refugee camp before moving to America. Now he’s introducing the sounds of his home continent to a new audience.

When he grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Pasly Yat had two choices to entertain himself: soccer or music.

“And if you’re not playing soccer or interested in music then you’re not having fun,” he says. “Those were the only things to do there.”

Pasly chose music, and now after his family emigrated from east Africa to the United States, he hasn’t changed his mind. Now an up-and-coming Afrobeats artist based in Ohio, he’s since released twenty songs and is preparing to make a big splash in 2024.