West Africa

In 2023 Alté music and culture is becoming almost as popular as mainstream genres. Everywhere there are Alté acts like Smada, Odumodublvck, Amaarae gaining more and more mainstream acceptance and even the Afrobeats artists are now dressing in Alté...

Penthauze Records signee Superboy Cheque, or simply Cheque, has taken to his official Twitter handle to announce he will soon be breaking his hiatus and will be dropping a not just a new song, but he will be following...

"Don't call me the best female rapper" boldly rapped Fatts, as she declared she is the best rapper period; male, female, trans or androgynous. Fatts spoke to us at Hip Hop Africa about her come up, growth, heritage, comparisons...

Clearly, Africa’s no.1 genre is seeing its biggest success story thanks to the Trinity (Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido), but their efforts to take Afrobeats to the top didn’t just benefit them, it opened doors for the next generation of...

American rapper Lil Durk recently took to his Instagram story to share that he would love to visit Nigeria soon.The rapper was excited after his song "All My Life" with Rapper J Cole went Number One on the Nigeria...

For a lot of people this music genius, ThisToye only gained relevance this year after he released his now fairly popular record, "Ni Nigeria" which features both him and Tomi Tribe.However, the star Alte singer has been consistent...

O-Block, Chicago rapper, Lil Durk and Veteran North Carolina rapper J.Cole debuted their highly anticipated single 'All My Life' on Friday, May 13th, 2023. The song has garnered rave review from fans and and critics alike since its release....

After the success of his trending hit 'Live Forever' in 2021, Abeokuta born Nigerian singer and rapper Oluwakayode Oyetoro, popularly known as Kayode dropped a slew of singles that although successful, didn't quite hit the level of popularity amongst...

While awaiting his degree from the department of Political Science from the University of Lagos, 22-year-old Oluwakayode Oyetoro, known mononymously as Kayode to his fans and other music lovers celebrated a grand entrance into the Nigerian music scene through...

       View this post on Instagram                 A post shared by NOCTA (@officialnocta)Nigerian heavyweight rapper OdumoduBlvck has just been featured in the new Nocta X Nike Collaboration Ad, released yesterday.The rapper was featured alongside Nigerian UK-based artist OlaoluSlawn and Native Record's CEO...