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NATIVE Staff Picks: 20 Songs That Defined Afropop In 2022
Featuring classics from Asake, Kabza De Small, Sampa the Great &

TurnTable Top 100: Wizkid And Ayra Starr Debut At No.5 With “2 Sugar”
Young Jonn's "Xtra Cool" holds at No.1

Turntable Top 100: Wizkid’s “Money & Love” Debuts On The Top Five
Wizkid's "Money and Love" debuts at

Essentials: Iyanya’s New Album ‘The 6th Wave’ Reinforces His Star Power
a collection of romantic and sex-tinged

TurnTable Top 100: Kizz Daniel & EMPIRE’s “Cough (ODO)” debuts at No.1
Kizz Daniel is back where he

TurnTable Top 100: Ayra Starr’s “Rush” Spends A Second Week At No. 1
Asake's "Joha" reaches a new peak at No.

TurnTable Top 100: Ayra Starr’s “Rush” Is The No.1 Song In Nigeria
"Rush" becomes the first song by a female artist to debut at the top of the

Best New Music Special: Ayra Starr confirms herself as a generational star with “Rush”
etching her name on the path led by her

CKay, Omah Lay & The Rise of Emo-Influenced Nigerian Pop
An offshoot of rock, a fairly recent wave of rap, and now a prominent sensibility in Nigerian

NATIVE Sound System’s debut compilation LP, ‘NATIVEWORLD’ is finally here
Championing community by collecting the talents of many and distilling them into a thrilling

TurnTable Top 50: Asake scores another No. 1 with “Peace Be Unto You”
The only artist to score multiple No. 1 entries in

Ayra Starr, Shaybo, Uncle Waffles & More Are Set To Perform At The 2022 LadiesLoveHipHop Festival
Mark your calendars: 19-20

Platoon celebrates Africa Month with new compilation project, ‘African Lullabies Pt. 2’
Featuring Asa, Ayra Starr, Olayinka Ehi &