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Credits Words by Emmanuel Esomnofu Photographer: Elliot Hensford Creative Director: Elliot Hensford Stylist: Kennedy Clarke Creative &...

Credits Words by Dennis Ade-Peter & Tami Makinde  Photographer: Isabel Okoro Creative Director: Scary TownStylist:...

Zinoleesky’s Reign   Zinoleesky is the one most receptive to expanding the textural and sonic scope of Street Pop in today’s...

We’re sat in a studio deep in the 8th arrondissement, in

After a decade in the making, culminating in this year of his life, it’s time for the new King of Sounds & Blues. Ololade Asake has...

Starring Ayra Starr, Lojay and NATIVE Sound Sytem  With support from Sholz, Adey, Lido, New World Ray, Forevatired, Monster Boys, Dafe...

    Lagos, Nigeria – It looks like the paint is barely dry inside Bella Shmurda’s new luxury apartment in Ikota, GRA....

The night before any lengthy road journey is filled with furious preparation. Principal amongst the priorities is making sure there is...

One thing’s for sure when you’re riding through Kumasi: you’re gonna hear some drill music. It reverberates through the city’s...

In recent years, music has been the face of the African cultural campaign. The focal point of Nigerian popular culture, music and the icons...

For most of us, our lives have been typified by Western cultural hegemony. Where in global politics and economics, the Imperialist West...

Nollywood is a giant industry. Producing thousands of movies a year which end up being hugely economically profitable to Nigeria, in...

Dancing is a lifeline for every African – even those who like me, can’t move for shit. Growing up around musical chairs and other such...

Rarely will one encounter a depiction of African culture without music and movement instructing representations. Throughout our history,...

Elsa Majimbo has been on go nonstop since the world catastrophically shut down last year. The almost 20-year-old’s life has been a...

Damson Idris has spent the last half a decade playing roles that depict the harrowing realities of growing up as a young black boy, on both...

I don’t remember exactly where I first heard Wizkid’s music. I doubt anybody who has followed his music from the very beginning...

Photographer: Faith Aylward (@didudietho)  Styling: Laurie London (@lauriestyleslondon) Hair: Erica Castro (braidedbynicks) MUA: Ornella...

To really appreciate what Wizkid’s journey means to Lagos, one must understand the dynamics of growing up in Surulere, where he was...

Photographer: Obehireme Binitie How did you come to be Wizkid’s manager?  I’ve been Wizkid’s manager for about six years? Six or...

Photographer – Mahaneela Choudhury-Reid (@mahaneela.jpg) Photo Assistant – Sarah Harry-Isaacs (@sarah.harryisaacs) Creative...

Photographer: Adeoluwa Adeyemi (@ultranubian)  Styling: Laurie London (@lauriestyleslondon) Hair: Anwar for Ivor’s Barbers BTS Video:...

Wizkid’s emergence at the turn of the decade undoubtedly reinvigorated the cultural esteem of the Nigerian diaspora worldwide. Those of...

Sincerely Yours, Lagos 2020 Oil, acrylics and image transfer on canvas 63.5 x 55.9 cm Ekene Maduka is an artist who makes work that...

Photographer: Seye Isikalu  (@seyeisikalu) Production: Object & Animal (@objectanimal) Producer: Jess Ajose (@jess.ajose) Studio: PS...

Wizkid’s first official public appearance musically was a feature on MI’s album, Talk About It, laying a stellar hook on “Fast...

Photographer: Hannah Bamgbala (@bamgbala.studios)  Styling:  Laurie London (@lauriestyleslondon) Hair: Anwar for Ivor’s Barbers BTS...

Aro Meta 2020 Mixed media, acrylic, and oil pastels 100 x 100 cm Koby Martin is a proud export of Ghana. His talent and God-given gift was...

Photographer: Seye Isikalu (@seyeisikalu) Production: Object & Animal (@objectanimal) Producer: Jess Ajose (@jess.ajose) Studio: PS...

Photographer: Zash Chinhara (@zashcraft) Studio: The Durag Lair (craftedmediaguys) When did you meet Wizkid and what was that experience...

Photography: Mahaneela Choudhury-Reid (@mahaneela.jpg) Photography Assistant: Sarah Harry-Issacs (@sarah.harryissacs) Creative Direction:...

JULS Juls is bridging the

  In 2018, Naira Marley embarked on a chaotic two-year run which included; court cases, police raids, a stint in prison,...

    At the start of 2018, a message from her daily devotional drove Tems to quit her day job as a digital marketer to pursue a...

Mowalola: I think I’m also quite curious about people. I get a lot of inspiration from just mixing and connecting with different...

TENI BROKE THE MOULD AND BEAT THE ODDS, NOW SHE’S JUST HAVING FUN WITH IT.   Beside me is the most agitated fan in Lagos. It’s the...

NEXT ACT Bowo has always embraced the darkness. Ever since he was an early teen, Odunsi (his family name by which he is most commonly known...

HOW ONE OF AFRICA’S MOST INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY MUSICIANS REINVENTED HIS WAY TO BECOMING A FORCE IN THE STRONGEST CULTURAL REBELLION IN...

David Adeleke, holding a glass of cognac in one hand and a Montecristo no.5 delicately balanced between the thumb and index finger of the...

THE BOY FROM PORT HARCOURT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PREORDAINED AS THE CHOSEN ONE. NOW, FIVE YEARS SINCE HIS FIRST SINGLE, HE IS READY FOR IT ALL...