Fela’s brief but eventful life and musical legacy are well documented in books, documentary films and exhibitions; indeed, Afrobeat rébellion, an ongoing nine-month-long celebration of his legacy at ...

In 2013, Bianca Okorocha, a Nigerian artist who performs as ClayRocksU, received a DM from one of her Twitter followers. It was an invitation to Metal and Romance, a party in Lagos focusing on rock ...

Nigerian singer Tems has had a meteoric rise to success in recent years. Her debut EP For Broken Ears arrived in 2020 and a follow-up project If Orange Was a Place came the following year. She earned ...

By Ayo Onikoyi Fast‑rising singer Timilehin Jonah, popularly known as Ari Jay, has set the Nigerian music industry abuzz with ...

The title has an epistolary ring suggesting vulnerability unlike his earlier album titles ranging from boastful (African Giant) to situational (Outside) to resilient (Twice as Tall). The title Love, ...

On a breezy Friday night in late August, hundreds of music fans pack into an old printing house on a slippery bend of Lagos Island's popular Broad Street for an eagerly awaited spectacle. The ...

The management, distribution, publishing and events agency has helped some of Africa's top Afrobeats artists go global. By Dan Rys When Davido released his fourth studio album, Timeless, on March 31, ...

Nigerian artists reportedly earned over N60bn from Spotify streaming in 2025. Local streams surged, with Nigerian songs dominating over 80 per cent of top charts Independent artists contributed 58 per ...

The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical and social human activities. For musical practice this meant near death. Performing music is, ...

Global Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage, 46, is deepening her investment in the future of African music. She’s launching the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation and partnering with Berklee College of Music to ...