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UNDER: Best New Artists (May 2022)

UNDER: Best New Artists (May 2022)

Featuring Nanette, Njeri, Ona Dema &

A 1-Listen review of Money Badoo’s ‘PORN$TAR’

A 1-Listen review of Money Badoo’s ‘PORN$TAR’

There’s a lot to like about PORN$TAR and, by extension, Money

Best New Music: Elaine offers romantic assurance on glossy single, “Shine”

Best New Music: Elaine offers romantic assurance on glossy single, “Shine”

A gleaming pop

Fresh Meat: Best New Artists (February, 2022)

Fresh Meat: Best New Artists (February, 2022)

Including Asake, Leanne Robinson, T.I Blaze and

Nonso Amadi makes a refreshing return with new single, “Foreigner”

Nonso Amadi makes a refreshing return with new single, “Foreigner”

Comes with a

NATIVE Exclusive: Between photography & music, this is Lex Ash’s Truth

NATIVE Exclusive: Between photography & music, this is Lex Ash’s Truth

a creative

Songs of the Day: New Music From Mayorkun, Tiwa Savage, Tay Iwar & More

Songs of the Day: New Music From Mayorkun, Tiwa Savage, Tay Iwar & More

Music to get your weekend

Meet chuXchu, the New York-based Nigerian singer making tender and catchy Afropop songs

Meet chuXchu, the New York-based Nigerian singer making tender and catchy Afropop songs

an impressive Afropop

Best New Music: Ona Dema evokes pain and disgust on break-up song, “Krazy”

Best New Music: Ona Dema evokes pain and disgust on break-up song, “Krazy”

An anti-love anthem

Essentials: Joda Kgosi’s ‘Sour Milk’ digs into an expired love

Essentials: Joda Kgosi’s ‘Sour Milk’ digs into an expired love

A consolidation and expansion of the traits that brought her initial

NATIVE Premiere: SOLIS returns with “body signal”

NATIVE Premiere: SOLIS returns with “body signal”

"On this record, I wanted myself and my listeners to simply sit back and let our energy, our signals flow through...

Songs of the Day: New Music from Olamide, Elaine, Kwesi Arthur & more

Songs of the Day: New Music from Olamide, Elaine, Kwesi Arthur & more

Some of the most essential releases in recent

Songs of the Day: New Music from Psycho YP & Azanti, Stonebwoy, Black Coffee & more

Songs of the Day: New Music from Psycho YP & Azanti, Stonebwoy, Black Coffee & more

Start your weekend with some of the best new releases from around the

NATIVE Exclusive: It’s Joeboy’s time now

NATIVE Exclusive: It’s Joeboy’s time now

On the eve of his album release, Joeboy talks emPawa Africa, believing in oneself and

NATIVE Exclusive: Lo Village is Lost in America

NATIVE Exclusive: Lo Village is Lost in America

The trio, consisting Ghanaian-Americans, Kane and Ama, and Trinidadian rapper Tyler, discusses reconnecting with their roots and making...

Essentials: Tomi Agape’s ‘Never Gunna Be The Same’ will get you to feel & move

Essentials: Tomi Agape’s ‘Never Gunna Be The Same’ will get you to feel & move

The London-based, Nigerian singer's long-awaited debut project is soothing, putting words to emotions many of us are feeling...

Best of 2020: A ranked list of the best 20 albums this year

Best of 2020: A ranked list of the best 20 albums this year

From Icytooicy's 'Sorry I Don't Like Phone Calls' to the seminal 'Made in

Songs of the Day: New Music from Kida Kudz, Young Jonn, Rowlene & More

Songs of the Day: New Music from Kida Kudz, Young Jonn, Rowlene & More

All the best songs to add to your rotation this

Songs of the day: New music from WurlD, Melvitto x Gabzy and ADH

Songs of the day: New music from WurlD, Melvitto x Gabzy and ADH

All the best new music from around the

The Shuffle: That time Darey teamed up with Chamillionaire on “The Way You Are (Remix)”

The Shuffle: That time Darey teamed up with Chamillionaire on “The Way You Are (Remix)”

A remarkable combination based on synergy and evident mutual

Best New Music: Ilaye’s “Fix” captures the warmth of reassurance

Best New Music: Ilaye’s “Fix” captures the warmth of reassurance

A masterstroke in communicating blue-eyed feelings without making it sound like mindless