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17 Projects The NATIVE team are looking forward to this year

17 Projects The NATIVE team are looking forward to this year

Dates have already been announced for albums from VanJess, Mr Eazi, Shekhinah, and Scorpion Kings x Tresor

In Conversation with The Jide Taiwo, a storyteller intent on immortalising Nigerian music

In Conversation with The Jide Taiwo, a storyteller intent on immortalising Nigerian music

"It’s for people coming after us, because the future is not just some distant phenomenon—the future is

Rap Song of the Week: Anti World Gangstars refresh street-rap tropes on “Men Soji”

Rap Song of the Week: Anti World Gangstars refresh street-rap tropes on “Men Soji”

An ultra-groovy jam featuring Alpha Ojini alongside AWG squad members; Reeplay, Odomodublvck and Fatboy E (fka Ekizzy...

No Signal’s 10v10 returns for a fourth season

No Signal’s 10v10 returns for a fourth season

The season kicks off with the legendary Wande Coal going hit for hit against Afropop’s finest,

Fresh Meat: Best New Artists (January, 2021)

Fresh Meat: Best New Artists (January, 2021)

Including Gyakie, Mohbad, Roho, Filah Lah Lah and

Songs of the Day: new music from Mr Eazi, CKay, Tomilola and more

Songs of the Day: new music from Mr Eazi, CKay, Tomilola and more

Start your weekend with new releases from around the

Dice Ailes opens 2021 with new single, “Money Dance”

Dice Ailes opens 2021 with new single, “Money Dance”

His first release under his new label, Black Butter

Online gaming communities are a growing trend in Nigeria

Online gaming communities are a growing trend in Nigeria

NATIVE speaks with online gamers to find out how the growing community has changed their

Jess ETA emerges as the winner of Audiomack’s Rising Star challenge

Jess ETA emerges as the winner of Audiomack’s Rising Star challenge

Jess ETA has won a studio session at BBNZ

Davido and Mayorkun are samurai warriors in their new video for “The Best”

Davido and Mayorkun are samurai warriors in their new video for “The Best”

Translating the song into the samurai trope of a student learning from his

The Shuffle: Dice Ailes impacted Nigerian pop culture with smash hit, “Otedola”

The Shuffle: Dice Ailes impacted Nigerian pop culture with smash hit, “Otedola”

Ahead of his imminent return, we revisit the singer's momentous single; a creative high point in his

Bobi Wine vs Museveni: The Dictator is Naked

Bobi Wine vs Museveni: The Dictator is Naked

Ugandan activist and writer, Safina Nakayiza narrates how the sitting president, Yoweri Museveni employs violence and fear to maintain his...

Essentials: Efe Oraka’s ‘Magic’ is a beautiful coming of age story

Essentials: Efe Oraka’s ‘Magic’ is a beautiful coming of age story

A divinely contoured body of work that finds its sweet spot in fashioning poignant and intimate stories about love, faith, and...

Songs of the day: New music from Bella Shmurda, Tomi Thomas, capespring and more

Songs of the day: New music from Bella Shmurda, Tomi Thomas, capespring and more

Catch up on all the latest songs released around the

Silencing Nigerian rappers is not the answer to cybercrime

Silencing Nigerian rappers is not the answer to cybercrime

'Yahoo Yahoo' songs offer us an opportunity to assess the socio-economic conditions that help proliferate

NATIVE Exclusive: Kida Kudz is pop royalty at home and abroad

NATIVE Exclusive: Kida Kudz is pop royalty at home and abroad

We are celebrating the Jiggy FC Top Memba's birthday

Hot Takes: Amaarae, Meek Mill & Funke Akindele’s ‘Omo Ghetto’

Hot Takes: Amaarae, Meek Mill & Funke Akindele’s ‘Omo Ghetto’

Amaarae is calling for fan cams of her loyal

#EndSARS: Insecurity in Nigeria persists

#EndSARS: Insecurity in Nigeria persists

Insecurity persists at every level of life in

What’s Clubhouse? 6 Young Nigerians Tell Us All About the latest Social app

What’s Clubhouse? 6 Young Nigerians Tell Us All About the latest Social app

"The fact that CH is a melting pot of cultures and audiences occurred to me as holding a huge potential to expand our community - laterally...

Security agents clash in Imo state, destroying lives and property

Security agents clash in Imo state, destroying lives and property

State governor, Hope Uzodimma has now ordered a curfew in surrounding neighbourhoods to deescalate the

3 Years ‘Outside’: Appreciating Burna Boy’s peerless creative run since his rebirth

3 Years ‘Outside’: Appreciating Burna Boy’s peerless creative run since his rebirth

The trio of albums, also including ‘African Giant’ and ‘Twice As Tall’, deserve to be immortalised as one of the greatest,...