In Nigeria, political influence is not only exercised by the ruling class through polemics and powerful speeches: it is also worn.
1 week ago
Nine miles wide and 4,750 miles long, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, The Gambia, and Tunisia have banded together on an unprecedented endeavor to stave off impending catastrophe. The Great Green Wall is an African-led project with an epic ambition: […]
8 years ago
With a number of releases under his belt responding to hate, Shatta Wale has paid excessive attention to naysayers and “haters” with songs like Blogger, Haters and now See Da Fool. His latest release once again mocks detractors in his signature dancehall delivery (this time produced by Willis Beats). I cannot help but ask myself, […]
8 years ago
Just when you thought you had seen and heard it all from him. Just when you considered categorizing him and stuffing him in a box labelled funny guy with a Yoruba accent, comfortably Nigeria’s most versatile artist – Falz The Bahd Guy surprises us with La Fête. The only other time this was done was by […]
8 years ago
When he deleted all his Instagram posts (like he did with his last project) I knew something was about to drop. I knew the Nigerian music scene was about to witness the genius of the African Rapper Number 1. True to my prophecy, Yung Denzel releases – You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Life, a wake […]
8 years ago
Wande Coal added a year recently. To mark this celebration, Nigeria’s favorite vocalist released a new song: Funkeh. As you might have guessed from the title of the song, it’s derived from the popular Nigerian meme “WHAAAT, FUNKE!” The song artwork hints at the Africanness of this potential hit song. With Killertunes on the beat […]
8 years ago
New Jersey-based gospel singer, songwriter, choir director, multi-instrumentalist, and multi-award winner, Tye Tribbett in 2010 released his first album titled Fresh. Fast-forward 7 years later and his third official project The Bloody Win has just been released and boy is it spiritual. The 12 track album touches on just about anything, from giving thanks to […]
8 years ago
I don’t want to believe there is a human being alive, millennial or not who does not know the Black Panther. To fulfill all righteousness however, Black Panther is an African Hero, Legend and King who wears a black panther suit made out of vibranium (I wish that fully describes him or the movie). Yesterday, […]
8 years ago
DJ Cuppy is by now a familiar name across the international music scene having successfully gone around the world DJ’ing at places like the MTV MAMA awards in South Africa, Davido’s Orange Culture launch in London, SXSW in Texas and most recently taking main stage at Roundhouse, London. Cuppy has successfully released unofficial remixes for […]
8 years ago
