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This summer, hip-hop channel On The Radar was on everyone’s radar as it rose to become one of the internet’s finest purveyors of freestyle videos and interviews, reaching a new high with a Drake appearance featuring buzzing U.K. rap star Central Cee. Both traded bars at the show’s New York …

Though Mr Eazi has released five bodies of work and several smash Afrobeats singles over the past 10 years, he’s crowning The Evil Genius, out Oct. 27, his debut album. “I don’t like to use the word album loosely,” he says, and he’s pulled out all the stops for this …

Mr Eazi has announced his debut album will arrive Oct. 27, and he’s premiering the music video for lead single “Chop Time, No Friend” with Rolling Stone.Though his debut is forthcoming, he has already released five bodies of work over his decade-long career; he was already a West African star …

Davido — an 11-year Afrobeats veteran at the forefront of the genre’s early crossover — has announced the title and release date for his fourth studio album, one he told Rolling Stone was nearly complete last June. Then, in the fall, tragedy struck: his three year old son, Ifeanyi, died …

Would you believe us if we said a hologram sponsored by the government of Ontario was one of the best things we saw on the second full day of SXSW 2023? There were plenty of flesh-and-blood performances that knocked our socks off, too, as the festival hit its stride with …

The beat tag “It’s Kel-P Vibes!” — cooed sultrily at the start of some of Afrobeats’ best tracks — is a signal you’re in for a good time. Kel-P is the 27-year-old producer from Lagos behind much of Burna Boy’s Grammy-nominatedAfrican Giantas well as Wizkid’s “Ginger,” and, as he tellsRolling …

In early 2021, things started to fall apart for Pheelz. That February, he released his debut EP, Hear Me Out, following nearly two decades of producing some of Afrobeats’ greatest hits. The EP was relatively successful, racking up millions of streams all around, but the process cost Pheelz a lot …

Rema — the Nigerian singer whose “Calm Down” remix featuring Selena Gomez has gone platinum with nearly 10 billion total streams — released two new solo singles, “Holiday” and “Reason You,” Thursday. The double-drop comes on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that he, Burna Boy, and Tems will headline the …

Libianca may have fooled some of us into fandom. Her incredible talent as a pristine vocalist is the real thing, though. Born Libianca Kenzonkinboum Fonji, her exceptional control over her instrument was developed over more than ten years of training, seven years as a professional musician, and a season on …

Last year, Rolling Stone declared Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems “the future.” Today, as Dazed‘s latest cover star, she shared that her outlook on tomorrow is bigger than her. “What I’m trying to do,” she said, “or what I hope that God does through me, is for the image of the African …