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Spotify names genre-bending sensation Solana as October’s EQUAL Africa Artist
Spotify has named multi-faceted singer and songwriter Solana as its EQUAL Africa Artist for October. The selection spotlights a rising, boundary-pushing artist known for her world-building, intentional visual identity and evolving sound, which spans alt-R&B, electronic and pop, while drawing from her Nigerian roots and Yoruba cultural influences. The EQUAL Africa programme celebrates, supports, and…
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Spotify Fresh Finds Africa: From Campus Discovery to 3M+ Monthly Listeners
What does the journey from emerging artist to a much bigger audience actually look like? Spotify is releasing a new video following its Fresh Finds Africa campus tour, which took some of the artists shaping Africa’s next wave of music to university campuses in Lagos and Port Harcourt, connecting them directly with young listeners. The…
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New Google report reveals Nigeria’s coffee drinking trends
Chilled coffee, dessert-flavoured lattes and making coffee at home are winning Nigerians over in 2026 Coffee is having a moment in Nigeria. New data from Google Trends shows Nigerians are searching for chilled coffee, dessert-inspired lattes and easy ways to make café-style drinks at home, as coffee becomes a bigger part of how people relax, catch up with friends…
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King Iced Wants Consistent Motion, Not Overnight Fame
King Iced was just himself, David, before he was anything else: a producer and artist working out his own sound rather than copying anyone else’s. His first official single, “Uduak,” arrived in 2024 and gave him the first real sense of it. In 2025, he was told point-blank that the sound couldn’t be fit into…
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DAVECASH RETURNS WITH TWO-PACK SINGLE “SARE & SADE”
Grind and devotion collide on Davecash’s latest release, out July 31 via U-Records & EntertainmentU-Records & Entertainment recording artist Davecash unveils his new two-pack single, “Sare & Sade,” available today across all major streaming platforms. The release pairs two contrasting sides of the Davecash story: the relentless hustle behind the come-up, and the tenderness reserved…
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Runtown’s ‘Mad Over You’ Is Still Travelling Ten Years On
In 2016, Afrobeats was taking shape. Wizkid’s voice carried one of the biggest records on the planet, Kizz Daniel arrived with his debut project, and a new class including Mayorkun, Tekno, Mr Eazi, Ycee and Maleek Berry was defining the sound of modern Nigerian pop. Runtown’s ‘Mad Over You’ landed in November of that year,…
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SO YOU WANT TO SEE DAVE IN LAGOS? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Thinking about seeing Dave in Lagos but still deciding whether to buy a ticket? Here’s everything you need to know before you pick your date, seat and experience. His The Boy Who Played the Harp tour comes to Lagos for two nights, Friday, October 16, and Saturday, October 17 , at the Wole Soyinka Centre…
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On SWAGUU, Seyi Vibez Is Whole Again
Seyi Vibez has spent the better part of a decade being the kind of artist the music industry does not fully know what to do with. Not because the talent is questionable, but because the talent refuses to sit where it has been put. Undeniable in his lane, restless enough to keep testing its edges,…
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66 Essential Songs For Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day
Music has always been inseparable from the fabric of a nation, and probably will always be. There are songs that are simply hits, and then there are songs that become part of how a country remembers itself. Nigeria has never had just one sound. There is juju and highlife, Fuji and Afrobeat, gospel and hip-hop,…
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Meet The Doctor Who Has Built a Talent Incubator, a Streetwear Line, and Greencamp Festival
Dr. Babajide “Molo” Olanrewaju trained as a doctor. He also runs Greencamp, the non-profit talent incubator now heading into its tenth annual festival; styles artists under an Afrocentric streetwear lens; promotes events; and works as a data scientist, a discipline he says has sharpened how he reads the Nigerian entertainment industry from the inside. Raised…
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