Toriola Olawale
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How ‘Made In Lagos’ Created A Blueprint For An Era
‘Made in Lagos’ shifted the culture and stretched the limits of what African music could be. Five years on, the blueprint still...
Best New Music: Sarz Is All About His Money On “Getting Paid”
“Getting Paid” is an uber-cool affair that brings together Afropop titans Wizkid and Asake with Jamaican Dancehall star,...
How To Listen To Afropop
When you press play on Afropop, remember you’re not just hearing music, you’re participating in a cultural
The Locales That Shaped Our Favourite Afropop Stars
Markers of those places inevitably show up in the music of our favorite stars, enriching our soundscape and furthering our cultural...
Tracing The Peerless Influence Of Wande Coal
It’s not hard to surmise that nearly every Afropop artist who defined the late 2010s and early 2020s has been influenced by Wande...
Maleek Berry Embraces Rebirth On ‘If Only Love Was Enough’
Few weeks after the release of ‘If Only Love Was Enough,’ we caught up with Maleek Berry to discuss the journey to his debut...
Afropop is the love child of its many influences
In a reversal of events at the turn of the 2000s, Afropop is profoundly reshaping the texture of music outside its borders....
The Songs Of Detty December
Marked by a month-long marathon of concerts, raves, and highly-entertaining activities, these songs lived at the centre of Detty...
Afropop’s Child Stars and the Young Legends That Came Before Them
a new class of artists dominating music conversations and their predecessors
The Shuffle: Celebrating Wizkid’s ‘Ayo’ through 5 Essential Songs
Here's to nine years since Big Wiz's sophomore
Omah Lay, Wizkid & Nigerian pop’s healthy relationship with the deluxe album
The sample size isn't a lot but the results are overtly
Asake, Wizkid & the influencing power of listeners on artists’ creativity
Audience expectations are almost as popular as the
Track-By-Track: Wande Coal Breaks Down His New Album, ‘Legend Or No Legend’
an entry into Wande Coal's
A 1-Listen Review Of Wande Coal’s ‘Legend or No Legend’
A polarising demonstration of the singer's famous
NATIVE Selects: A List of The Best Songs This Week
Featuring Rexxie, Kamo Mphela, Khaligraph Jones and
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: Young Jonn scores his first No. 1 with “Xtra Cool”
Tiwa Savage & Asake's "Loaded" also debuts at No.