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TC Dope Is Back With “Rihanna”
Nigerian singer, songwriter and performer TC Dope returns with a new single that finds the artist leaning into melody, rhythm and an intimate vocal-led sound. Known for a catalogue that has moved between Afrobeats, contemporary hip-hop and African pop, TC Dope has spent years developing a musical identity built around versatility and collaboration. From his…
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Teledalase Sings in Yoruba Because There Is No Other Way.
Afrobeats may be Nigeria’s greatest musical export, but beneath its global ascent, another cultural movement has quietly been gathering momentum. Across the country, a renewed appetite for music that carries the cadences of indigenous speech, the poetry of ethnic proverbs, the pulse of talking drums and the memory of stories passed from one generation to…
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Abiola Andre Celebrates Love and Ambition on New Single “Top Striker”
Afro-fusion artist Abiola Andre returns with “Top Striker,” a love song celebrating affection, admiration and the ambition of someone special. Written from the perspective of what comes after the chase, the song is dedicated to someone whose drive Andre admires as much as he loves her. The title comes from his pet name for her,…
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What the Sudanese Toub Carries
Fashion, Memory and Women’s Public Identity Through Displacement There are clothes we wear, and there are clothes that seem to carry something with them. The Sudanese toub belongs to the second category. At its simplest, it is a long piece of fabric wrapped around a woman’s body, often covering the head and falling around the…
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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.
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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