Excerpt: Sha Sha’s new single “Ndawana” explores love’s many forms, fusing amapiano with a global sound. Sha Sha, the BET...
Excerpt: Kabza De Small’s “Wishi Wishi” unites South Africa’s top talent, captivating dance floors and bringing an early festive season...
Fresh off the success of his sophomore album Loyal to the Plug: Life & Time of Don Kilograms, award-winning rapper...
DEK: From Kaduna to Lagos, the veteran Afrobeats artist reflects on his decade-long journey, blending genres, and why his latest...
Rising star Tekno dropped off two new tracks recently, “Gon Gon” and “No Forget”. The Nigerian star has been spreading...
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Excerpt: Sha Sha’s new single “Ndawana” explores love’s many forms, fusing amapiano with a global sound. Sha Sha, the BET Award-winning amapiano sensation, is back
Excerpt: Kabza De Small’s “Wishi Wishi” unites South Africa’s top talent, captivating dance floors and bringing an early festive season anthem South Africa’s vibrant music
Fresh off the success of his sophomore album Loyal to the Plug: Life & Time of Don Kilograms, award-winning rapper 25K has unveiled the music
DEK: From Kaduna to Lagos, the veteran Afrobeats artist reflects on his decade-long journey, blending genres, and why his latest track Jogo is more than
Shenseea has released the visuals for her Wizkid-featuring single, “Work Me Out”.
The Afrobeat(s)/dancehall fusion is a long-established one and now it has had the seal of approval from both genre’s most famous dynasties. Seun (born Oluseun) Kuti, the youngest son of Fela Kuti, and Damian Marley, the second to youngest child of Bob Marley, have collaborated together with Fela’s band, Egypt80, on new single “Dey”.
Rising star Tekno dropped off two new tracks recently, “Gon Gon” and “No Forget”. The Nigerian star has been spreading his influence across the globe
The R&Drill fusion has been something artists have been toying with for a little while now.
Shaé Universe found success with it early on, but one artist who hasn’t been given quite as much credit as she deserves when it comes to this hybrid sound is Jamilah Barry, whose 2020 release, “Merlot”, was a shining example of the less-is-more approach.
On her new single, “Fuck It (On-1)”, we see Jamilah Barry return to that territory with a haunting vocal performance over a sombre piano riff that she combines with chilling hi-hat triplets and sliding drill bass lines. In fact, she herself has gone on record as saying she considers this new single to be a sequel to “Merlot”.
London’s Afrobeats scene has a new heavyweight, and his name is Gift OFA.
Asake and Travis Scott have just dropped their highly anticipated single, “Active”, a track poised to become a late summer anthem.
