Komtru Brings Lotto Out of Warri, After Stops in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
A Nigerian Afrobeat and Dancehall Artist Folds Pop Into a Two-and-a-Half-Minute Single
Warri, the oil city in Nigeria’s Delta State, is where Komtru comes from. The Afrobeat and dancehall artist was born and raised in Nigeria, and his songs have since travelled a long way from home. On 18 September 2026 Komtru released Lotto, a single of two minutes and 32 seconds that folds pop into both of those sounds.
Komtru’s Lotto sits in our Afrobeat and Afro-pop playlist below, with the artist’s wider coverage gathered on the Komtru artist profile. The single reached AfroMusic.News through PopHits.Co Music Charts, which verifies independent artists and places their releases across its network of music news titles. Listen to it first, then keep reading.
That short running time is typical of the catalogue. Komtru keeps his singles short, and Lotto is no exception.
Where Komtru Comes From
Komtru keeps his own introduction brief. On YouTube he calls himself an Afrobeat and dancehall artist, born and raised in Nigeria. On X he describes himself as an artiste and entrepreneur. Meanwhile, on Instagram he presents himself as an independent artist working across music and fashion. His Facebook profile names Warri as home.
That mix of music and business matters for the story. Komtru has released his music himself for years, and his Spotify catalogue now runs to more than a dozen releases. It began with Work It in March 2019, then Mandingo in 2020 and Highway to Heaven in April 2021.
After that, the pace picked up. Most Wanted, Moscow and Formula all arrived in the first half of 2022, followed in August by Born Ready, a six-track release. Too Legit to Quit and Hula Hoop came in 2023. Then dont test me opened 2026 for him in July, two months before Lotto.
Komtru’s Scene Runs From Nigeria’s Afrobeat and Dancehall Circuit to the Diaspora in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
The scene behind the music starts in Nigeria, where pop has borrowed from Jamaican dancehall for decades. Patoranking built his career on that crossing, and Burna Boy folded dancehall and reggae into Afrobeats on the way to global stages. Those names are a map of the sound, not a claim of any shared history, and they describe the lane Komtru works in.
Komtru has his own links to the circuit at home. In 2017 he released Catch Me, a song and video made with the Nigerian rapper CDQ. It is one of the earliest uploads on his channel. It also places him inside the Nigerian rap and pop conversation years before his streaming catalogue began.
Then the story moves abroad. In April 2022 he shared the video for Moscow. In his own description, it shows the beautiful and cultural side of the Russian capital while carrying a realistic message about the life of a Black man overseas. A year later he posted footage of himself performing Highway to Heaven live in Saint Petersburg.
That is the diaspora side of the scene. Komtru’s music comes from a Nigerian artist who has carried Afrobeat and dancehall into rooms far from Warri, and the songs reflect both places.
What Warri and the Road Abroad Put Into Lotto by Komtru, Two and a Half Minutes of Afrobeat and Pop
Lotto is where those threads meet. The single blends Afrobeat rhythm with pop melody and a confident vocal delivery. It also keeps things brief, ending before the two-minute-40-second mark.
The title borrows the language of the lottery, a game of chance. It sits naturally beside earlier titles such as Born Ready, Most Wanted and Too Legit to Quit, which read like statements of confidence. Taken together, the song titles sketch an artist who backs himself.
The release came with a visual, too. Komtru shared the official video for Lotto on YouTube on 19 September 2026, the day after the single arrived. As with Moscow, the video gives the song a face and a setting, which is how he has presented his music for years.
The single is for listeners who follow Afrobeats into its dancehall and pop crossovers. Fans of Burna Boy’s dancehall side or Patoranking’s bounce will find the same lane here, from an independent artist who releases and promotes his own work. For a newcomer, Lotto is a quick way in, and the catalogue behind it rewards a longer listen.
Where to Hear Lotto and Follow Komtru
AfroMusic.News’s curator team: “Komtru’s catalogue reads like a travel log. Moscow filmed the diaspora, the Saint Petersburg footage put him on a stage abroad, and Lotto brings it home to the Afrobeat and dancehall sound he grew up with in Nigeria.”
Watch the Lotto video on YouTube and stream the single on Apple Music. Then follow Komtru on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X.
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