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Despite his embattled situation, writing Wizkid off is a bit premature, he still has a huge fanbase and the talent to command rave reviews from critics.
2 months ago
A significant portion of Wizkid’s imminent HBO documentary Wizkid: Long Live Lagos is devoted to excavating the suffocating grief that arrived in the wake of his mother’s passing. As the documentary reveals, on the day of his historic show at the 60,000-capacity Tottenham Stadium, his mother, Morayo Balogun, was undergoing an emergency surgery. In clips […]
5 days ago
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]
2 months ago
Last weekend, the youngest of the Uzama brothers, Osahan Uzama, more known by his moniker, Famous Pluto, joined the ranks of his brothers—Shallipopi, and Zerry DL, both fierce advocates of Benin Street Pop—with the release of his feverishly anticipated single Na Scra. Before its official release, the song had been making the rounds on TikTok, […]
3 months ago
The wooden chair wobbled as seven-year-old Jola Ayeye hunched over a page, pencil gripped tight, tongue peeking out in concentration. Around her, the floor was a patchwork of unfinished stories, half-colored sketches, and a notebook filled with lyrics to songs no one else knew. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Jola?” […]
4 months ago
Did you know that there are approximately 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide? Can you imagine all the different ways in which we all use the internet? Obasanjo’s Internet is our interview series where we speak to some of our internet favourites on how they relate to the internet and what it means to them […]
5 months ago
In 2015, Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen burst onto the literary scene, marking the arrival of a distinct and powerful voice in contemporary fiction. Set in 1990s Akure, Nigeria, the novel follows four brothers whose lives are upended by a madman’s prophecy. Drawing from Igbo cosmology and biblical allegory, The Fishermen received widespread acclaim, earning a […]
5 months ago
Music-wise, the picture isn’t much better. Releases from the second half of last year masked the rot of what 2024 was initially shaping to be—a year of stagnation after half a decade of propulsive rise of Afrobeats.
5 months ago
In a way, this unspoken creed of non-violence in rap is a testament to Hip-Hop’s enculturation into Nigeria, and a marker of the contextual differences between the genre as practiced here and its American origins. It is also a function of the demographic that major Nigerian rappers have been culled from—older, university-educated men often converted from the 9-5 workforce or with demonstrable businesses on the side.
5 months ago
In an NPR interview, Yemi Alade described herself as a vessel for culture, effortlessly connecting with languages—even those she doesn’t fully understand. Throughout her career, she has proudly represented Africa through both her music and fashion, and the 2025 Grammy Awards were no exception. Nominated for Best African Music Performance for her single Tomorrow, Alade […]
5 months ago
What haven’t you heard of Diamond Platnumz? Since the third installment of Young, Famous & African premiered, his name has lingered ceaselessly on the lips of fans of the show. He’s been doted on and disparaged in equal measure. To his detractors, he’s a duplicitous, morally abhorrent, philandering character. His fans see him differently. To […]
5 months ago
In 2020, in an attempt to broaden the awards’ scope, The Recording Academy elected to overhaul the Best World Music Album category. The overhaul involved, amongst other things, changing the category’s name to Best Global Album. The motivations were to some degree cosmetic; the World Music tag had become mired in connotations of colonialism and […]
5 months ago
To be an artist like Wase Taiwo, a multi-hyphenate who has become a formidable presence within Lagos’ rapidly expanding art scene, is to simultaneously straddle multiple realities. As an artist he leads an understated existence, ever lingering in the shadows, to allow his work to bask in the spotlight. His Instagram page, an eclectic collage, […]
5 months ago
