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Dusten Truce’s and Jamal Swiss are vying for the show of the summer with Young Kulture’s #YKthe5TH

Dusten Truce’s and Jamal Swiss are vying for the show of the summer with Young Kulture’s #YKthe5TH

Mark your

Let them wear Okrika: Thrifting as an exercise in self actualization

Let them wear Okrika: Thrifting as an exercise in self actualization

Okrika means something really special to me, maybe it can mean more to you

Cecilia Olong’s “Toxic” is one of the best debut singles we’ve heard this year

Cecilia Olong’s “Toxic” is one of the best debut singles we’ve heard this year

Remember her

7th’s “Interlude of Friday” is a lucid dream put to verse

7th’s “Interlude of Friday” is a lucid dream put to verse

Millennial love, laid bare.

AV Club: Kuddi’s “Case 19” takes on the noir film trope and crushes it

AV Club: Kuddi’s “Case 19” takes on the noir film trope and crushes it

Neo-noir, done right.

Golddrummachine wants you to vibe out to “Execute Order 66”

Golddrummachine wants you to vibe out to “Execute Order 66”

Bliss out to this.

The Lemon Curd: Will craft ever matter to Nigerian performers?

The Lemon Curd: Will craft ever matter to Nigerian performers?

If you really care about being the best artist you can

Best New Music: Dáramólá goes electro-goth on “Swim Float Drown”

Best New Music: Dáramólá goes electro-goth on “Swim Float Drown”

All the Kanye West truth

To Name A Few are trying to change everything you think you know about Nigerian Music

To Name A Few are trying to change everything you think you know about Nigerian Music

Brumeh talks the complexities of songwriting, the state of live sets in Nigeria, and taking it all one day at a

Frank Ocean covered Steve Monite’s disco hit from the 80’s and we’re losing our shit

Frank Ocean covered Steve Monite’s disco hit from the 80’s and we’re losing our shit

Get ready to bop to this.

Idahossa is as grime as they come on “Captain Fantastic”

Idahossa is as grime as they come on “Captain Fantastic”

Grime for the

TED Global is coming to Arusha, and hosting some of our favorite Nigerians

TED Global is coming to Arusha, and hosting some of our favorite Nigerians

Time to stock up on data.

The ballad of R Kelly the pied piper and the myth of separating art from artist

The ballad of R Kelly the pied piper and the myth of separating art from artist

As we proceed with fighting sexual injustice against women

Roy Charamba muses on the dark side of love gone wrong on “You Know”

Roy Charamba muses on the dark side of love gone wrong on “You Know”

It's a story he's never

Tomi Thomas is taking matters into his own hands with his ‘Higher Vibrations’

Tomi Thomas is taking matters into his own hands with his ‘Higher Vibrations’

Jam with the

AV Club: Olu Ososanya’s takes through Hollywood’s stereotyping of Africa.

AV Club: Olu Ososanya’s takes through Hollywood’s stereotyping of Africa.

Unpacking all the single story stereotyping that has crept into African

Best New Music: Bucie and Wizkid are an SA House power duo on “All For Love”

Best New Music: Bucie and Wizkid are an SA House power duo on “All For Love”

An excellent duet, and Wizkid is more earnest than we've seen him in

Davina Oriakhi is an uptown girl in the visuals for F.S.L.S

Davina Oriakhi is an uptown girl in the visuals for F.S.L.S

Forget young pablo, here's young Lauren hill.

Renaissance Hotel Ikeja is hosting all your fave new acts live this summer

Renaissance Hotel Ikeja is hosting all your fave new acts live this summer

Time to support your faves.

Jojo Abot’s EP just dropped and it is unapologetically black

Jojo Abot’s EP just dropped and it is unapologetically black

Get ready to get

Jean Feier’s all about the rapid fire bars on “XXX”

Jean Feier’s all about the rapid fire bars on “XXX”

Trash talking her way to the