Ugandan rising star Joshua Baraka has been making serious waves after announcing a new version of his hit song “Morocco” featuring Moroccan-American rapper French Montana and Jamaican dancehall artist Byron Messia, not “Messia” alone, but Byron Messia, the man behind the viral hit Talibans.
The collaboration is being branded online as “Morocco 3.0”, and it’s one of the biggest international links Joshua Baraka has landed so far in his career. Social media teasers and promo posts started surfacing this week confirming the remix rollout.
What’s making fans excited is the scale of the collaboration. French Montana is a globally recognized hip-hop name with major international hits, while Byron Messia has been dominating Afro-dancehall playlists across Africa and the Caribbean. For many Ugandan music fans, this feels like another major international breakthrough moment after African stars increasingly started crossing into the U.S. and Caribbean markets.
Joshua Baraka’s original Morocco already had a smooth Afro-fusion vibe that connected strongly with young listeners in Uganda and beyond. The remix is expected to push the song even further internationally, especially with French Montana’s North African and American audience added into the mix.
Online promo clips and artist posts suggest the remix had been in the works for quite some time before finally getting an official release push.
The collaboration is also a huge statement about Joshua Baraka’s fast rise in East African music. In just a short period, he has transformed from a promising Ugandan vocalist into one of the country’s most exportable young talents, with fans now comparing his trajectory to some of Africa’s biggest crossover acts.
At the moment, fans are waiting to see whether the remix gets a full cinematic video rollout and whether the track breaks into bigger international streaming charts after release.