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What’s Poppin’: Ghanaian music is, and has always been, diversely abundant
The present, the past and why Ghanaian pop lovers need to have a little faith in the local
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NCVRD: How Jesse Jay created the visual world around Kirani Ayat’s ‘Aisha’s Sun’
“Everything done on this cover was
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Essentials: Supa Gaeta Serves A Fitting Prelude On The ‘Road To DND’
heavily collaborative, the EP packs affecting and boisterous
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Black Sherif Shares Anticipated Debut Album, ‘The Villain I Never Was’
Thirteen solo tracks and a Burna Boy
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How Black Sherif channels vulnerability in his music
Exploring an important element of the rapper's artistry ahead of his coming debut
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NATIVE Exclusive: The second coming of Kirani Ayat
The Ghanaian rap artist is revelling in finding his
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Sarkodie releases long-awaited, star-studded LP ‘No Pressure’
Features Kwesi Arthur, Giggs, Cassper Nyovest, Wale &
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Listen to Yaw Tog’s debut EP, ‘TIME’
Solidifying himself as a leading star in Africa's burgeoning Drill
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Best of 2020: The Top 10 Rappers of The Year
Focalistic, Nasty C, Olamide are some of the finest rappers we've had all
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Best New Music: Kwesi Arthur shows off his profundity on ‘This is not the Tape, Sorry 4 the Wait II’
Expands on his sonic range and shows how he’s better coalescing his dynamic skillset into a singular artistic...
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Songs of the Day: New music from Medikal, Tems, Ayo Jay, Vector, Big Zulu & more
All the new music you need to keep you going this
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Essentials: ‘Lava Feels’ is Joey B’s assertion of his creative freedom
With features from Odunsi, Santi, M3nsah, Stonebwoy and more
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NATIVE Exclusive: Ghanaian rapper, Ms Fu is rooting for every woman in the game
Here's why Ms Fu has the game in a
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Nasty C, Sarkodie & M.I Abaga nominated for African Rapper of the Year at the 2020 256 Hip-Hop Awards
A celebration of rap music in Uganda and Africa as a
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Songs of the day: New Music from Timi Dakolo, Olamide, Kwesi Arthur & more
Your latest dose of great music from across
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Rap Song of the Week: Sizz The Truth’s “Be Yourself” is an ode to trusting the process
A personalised TED talk on the virtue of sticking to one's
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Essentials: Bryan The Mensah reiterates his goals on ‘I Don’t Feel Like Going Outside’
Hones in on his strengths as a rapper, songwriter and