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Ocho Rios-based dancehall artiste, Mikeylous, has joined a growing list of artistes to record songs in support of Burkina Faso' president, Ibrahim Traore.

Mikeylous' track, Ibrahim, is on the Darker Shade of Black "riddim" and was released April 26 as an Abassanjah production on the Star Trek label.

"The response has been great, great, great! Mi a get response from Africa hard, mi a get whole heap ah airplay in the UK, the US. Mi ah get overwhelming response on social media; from the first week it came out overseas disc jockeys started reaching out to me. Based on what I know so far I am the only Jamaican artist to sing about him," Mikeylous said.

Mikeylous joins artistes such as Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Beyonce, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Akon, Selena Gomez, Eminem, DJ Khalid, Diddy, R Kelly and 6ix9ine, and others in hailing the leadership of the 37-year-old president.

"I think it's because of his age and he is just doing different things from regular politicians. I don't call him a politician, I call him a leader and we've never seen anything like this," Mikeylous said.

"He is doing things for his people and his country more than what presidents in power in Africa for 40 have done. This man is taking his country's destiny in his hands and that is what leaders across the world need to do. I hope that a lot of leaders in the Caribbean will follow this man's footsteps because this man is just 37 years old. He could be my son," he dancehall artiste said.