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Branjae Debuts Latest Single “Free Facts” | The Oklahoma Eagle

The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire Genre Fluid Artist, Branjae, releases her socially conscious, intentionally thought provoking, soulful funky single “Free Facts”. Written by Branjae and produced by Tulsa’s own, Nathan Wright, this collaboration gets loud about willful ignorance. FREE FACTS is now available now on Spotify and Apple Music , and is featured on the Editorial Spotify Playlist – NuFunk with over 167K listeners, resulting in over 1700 new followers. In 2020, Branjae had the […]

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