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Amaarae’s Debut Album ‘The Angel You Don’t Know’ Surpasses 80 Million Spotify Streams

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Amaarae’s Debut Album ‘The Angel You Don’t Know’ Surpasses 80 Million Spotify Streams

Ghanaian Alté artiste Ama Serwah Genfi, popularly known as Amaarae, is celeb a milestone for her debut album titled ‘The Angel You Don’t Know’ as it Surpasses a total of 80 million streams on streaming platform Spotify. The Album was released in 2020 and spawned several hits including ‘Jumping Ship’ featuring Nigerian Alté pioneer and head huncho, Cruel Santino, and the very successful ‘Sad Gurlz Luv Money.’

Amaarae’s debut EP, Passionfruit Summers, introduced her to audiences in her native Ghana in 2017. Before the album took her to West African and subsequent African recognition in 2020.

In 2021 the remix of ‘Sad Gurlz’ with a feature from Latino global star Kali Uchis, went viral on social media, streaming platforms, and gave Genfi her first global hit and a deal with American label Interscope.

Owen Myers of Pitchfork about the album: ” it crackles with innovation, a pacesetter at a time when industry bigwigs are waking up to the long-held truth that Africa is setting the global tempo for pop music.”

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Emtee Records Looking to Sign First Female Rapper

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Emtee Records Looking to Sign First Female Rapper

Former Ambitiouz entertainment front man Emtee da Hustler has made his intentions known to sign the first female rapper/artiste to his independent record label Emtee Records, which currently houses Lolli Native. The ‘iThemba’ hit maker made this known via his official Instagram account.

He took to IG to ask which female emcees he should sign to the label and many fans suggested his former label amte back at Ambitiouz entertainment, Fifi Cooper.

Emtee and Fifi Cooper were both on Ambitiouz since 2015 and the latter left the label in 2020 while the former had already left with the first batch of artistes to controversially leave the label over financial disputes in 2017. The others who left with her were A-Reece, B3nchmarq, Flvme and Mashbeatz.

Fifi and Emtee have worked on several songs together in the past, including ‘Ngeke’ and Miss Pru’s possesl cut ‘Ameni.’

On whether Emtee was open to a reunion with his former label, like their official social media pages have been hinting for the past couple of weeks, the rapper said there was not a possibility of doing business with the stable again.

The Ambitiouz Entertainment official YouTube channel last week posted Emtee’s debut and sophomore albums on their channel, and this got fans talking about a possible squashing of beef between label and artiste.

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Luna Florentino Drops “Active” For Week 7

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Luna Florentino Drops “Active” For Week 7

Luna Florentino has been consistently releasing new music every Friday for six consecutive weeks now and is back for week 7 to drop his latest.

The track is titled Active and is a bouncy tune you’d probably find in a workout playlist. Luna raps about his work ethic, getting his music out, and chasing the bag.

We can’t wait to hear what more the fresh prince of Rustenburg has coming up. Keep your eyes on our social pages for more updates.

Listen to the new drop below:

Mr Right of Buruklyn Boyz Says Talk Ni Cheap

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Mr Right of Buruklyn Boyz Says Talk Ni Cheap

We all know Buruklyn Boyz from Kenya are the fore front of the Kenyan Drill Music and hiphop scene. The Duo have been serving back to back hits both as a joint team and as solo artist, just few weeks ago Ajay also released a smashe hit in CALI WEED and today the second half of the team Mr Right serves us with Talk Ni Cheap,

Talk Ni Cheap is a song addressing all the negative opinions Buruklyn Boyz have been getting from people who in the track are referred to as “Opps” Opposition. Talk ni cheap reminds you to back your talk and simply
put your money where your mouth is.This track reminds us to be about the life we are preaching as real is rare.

Listen to the audio here

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Octopizzo, Fena Gitu among artists celebrated by Meta for Africa day

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Octopizzo, Fena Gitu among artists celebrated by Meta for Africa day

Meta, the parent company for various social media platforms, unveiled it’s Made by Africa, Loved by the World campaign for Africa Day. This year’s campaign celebrated different creatives, including Artists Henry Ohanga and Fena Gitu.

This campaign aims to showcase the continent’s creativity in changing the common narrative. It focuses n artists making waves the world over to influence the perception of Africa globally.

Themed rising stars, this latest edition is looking to amplify the voices of rising African artists. All of these creatives are making a change in the community using their talents.

This year’s vlog-styled short stories offer a glimpse into their lives and how being African influences their creative process. The creatives self-shot the videos to allow them to express themselves artistically. These stories are an expression of their African heritage as an inspiration.

Meta recently launched the #ShareYourAfrica reels on Instagram. People on the continent can share their authenticity through music, dance and fashion. The Made by Africa, Loved by the World campaign aims to encourage Africans to celebrate their unique identities.

It also aims to spark a discussion on how platforms under Meta enable African youth to reach a global audience.

Kezia Anim-Addo, Director of Communications, Sub-Saharan Africa at Meta, expressed excitement about highlighting these creative experiences.

Her comments were:

“WE’RE THRILLED TO CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY THIS YEAR BY AMPLIFYING THE STORIES OF SOME OF OUR TALENTED RISING STARS FROM ACROSS THE CONTINENT. THEY ARE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN CULTURE, MUSIC, FOOD, DANCE, FASHION, AND SO MUCH MORE IN THEIR OWN VOICES. EVERY DAY, WE SEE YOUNG AFRICAN CREATIVES USE META TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. THEY ALSO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN INCREDIBLE AND INSPIRING WAYS. WE’RE PROUD THAT OUR TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN AMPLIFYING THESE VOICES AND STORIES, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.”

Baddo: Olamide Shines As The Only Rapper On Wande Coal’s New Album

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Baddo: Olamide Shines As The Only Rapper On Wande Coal’s New Album
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Although working on a song that is definitely not a Hip-hop song, Olamide Baddo shines as the only rapper featured on the new Wande Coal album.

Wande Coal, who has continued to tease the release of his third studio album all over social media, has finally released the “Legend or No Legend” Album.

The singer, one of the pioneering artists of the new Afrobeat sound, has been without a new album for almost 8 years.

His second album instalment “Wanted” was released in 2015, although he released a seven-song EP sometime in 2020, not so much has been heard from the legendary singer.

READ ALSO: Superboy Cheque Announces New Single and EP

On the album, “Legend or No Legend” Baddo cliches a feature on the 8th track, standing out as the only hip-hop feature on the album.

The song which sees the rapper rhymes out the super-catchy hook on a Kel-P produced mid-range instrumental, while Wande Coal turns up with his heavily packed delivery.

The album however also features FireBoy DML, T Pain, and Afrobeat King Wizkid.

Olamide has also teased the release of his 10th studio album, which is expected to be released any time since the rapper is almost unpredictable.

We at hiphopAfrica look forward to what the rapper has for us.

Throwback Thursday: 4 Years Since Mandy &The Jungle, Remembering One of the Pillar Projects of the Alté Revolution

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Throwback Thursday: 4 Years Since Mandy &The Jungle, Remembering One of the Pillar Projects of the Alté Revolution

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 fashion and some of them like Rema, Victony and Blaqbonez heavily identify with the culture. Audiences outside Nigeria are even aware of the Alté movement. Back in 2019 this was not really the case. One of the biggest pioneers of Alté music and culture Santi,now known as Cruel Santino, who has been very important in the perforation and growth of the genre and culture was able to plant a solid stronghold in the mind of Nigerians through his his sophomore album ‘Mandy & The Jungle’ in 2019.

‘Mandy’ released May 17th 2019, showcased a more refined Santi than 2016’s ‘Suzy’s Funeral’ and a more accessible Santi than last year’s ‘Subaru Boys: Final Heaven.’ A huge section of Alté fans still consider it Santi’s best Project till date and it’s hard to dispute that giving the quality of the tape.

The impressive thing about Santi’s career is that all three of his albums can make a solid for which is his best, only a few artists can lay claim to such a solid discography.

‘Mandy & The Jungle’ spawned such hits as Odunsi The Engine produced stoners’ anthem ‘Sparky,’ cult cinema backed ode to oral surrealism ‘Raw Dinner’ with Kida Kudz and Nonso Amadi and Bridge from Alté pioneer group LOS assisted ‘Freaky’.

This album is important to the culture as it made Alté music more accessible to the mainstream audiences and also introduced a lot of people to Amaarae, way before she had a global hit in ‘Sad Girls Love Money,’ via recurrent background vocals and uncredited vocals.

The album like all Santino’s efforts is a cinematic experience, evident through the smooth transitioning between each track, also added by a popping cassette sound effect before a song or a portion of a song starts, and also the seamless merging of music videos to create this one surreal world to back the sound of the album.

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Superboy Cheque Announces New Single and EP

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Superboy Cheque Announces New Single and EP

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 it up with a full project a few weeks later.

The last time fans heard from Cheque was when he posted his ‘Omo Ologo’ open verse, that and his tweet that the coming EP is better than both his debut EP, ‘Razor’ and his debut album ‘Bravo,’ got fans all excited for the forthcoming drops.

https://twitter.com/superboycheque/status/1641413282744393729?s=20

The ‘Zoom’ rapper went under fire last month for tweeting that he is the best Trap artist in Nigeria and tweeps went crazy, some agreeing with him while other listed their faves who they feel are better at Trapping.

We guess the coming tape is Cheque’s chance to prove his claim. Cheque has also hinted at the existence of a Cheque and Crayon collaboration.

The new single will hit streaming platforms on the 25th of May and the EP will follow suit on the 9th of June.

Are you excited for new Superboy Cheque?

https://twitter.com/superboycheque/status/1658836880618672131?s=20

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WCW: Fatts is Putting The Gambian Flag on the Map

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WCW: Fatts is Putting The Gambian Flag on the Map

“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 and future endeavours. The East London born Gambian emcee shot into the industry during the COVID-19 lockdown through a viral internet challenge she did for “fun” before finally settling fully into making music.

Taking her rapping seriously last year, she has made so much progress with 3.16k YouTube subscribers and about 98, 000 views.

She is literally putting The Gambian Flag on the map as she and her cohorts are always seen brandishing one in her videos.

“If you watch my videos or listen to me and not know that I’m from The Gambia, then I’m doing something wrong”

Even her upcoming debut EP is titled “Our Motherland” and her collective of creatives is known as Gambino Gang.

On being compared to other UK female emcees, the Queen of the Gambinos had this to say, “I don’t really mind, it’s actually a thing of honour for me if you think I’m good enough to be compared to these artists, and I’m definitely open to working with other female rappers in the UK.”

Her next single she revealed will be featuring an Afrobeats artist, as she also said she is not one to shy away from branching out into other genres and sounds.

“Because I came up rapping people only view me as a Drill rapper, but I want to do other things and show that I’m capable of so much more, I mean people don’t even know that I can sing too…my EP is going to showcase all of that,” said Fatts.

You can keep up with Fatts via Instagram @fatts1_ and on Twitter @fattsbw.

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Stino Le Thwenny Celebrate 100k YouTube Views for ‘You Want Some More?’

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Stino Le Thwenny Celebrate 100k YouTube Views for ‘You Want Some More?’

South African Hip Hop duo Stino Le Thwenny shared a tweet celebrating a new milestone for their song ‘You Want Some More?’ which features Klerksdorp rapper Maglera Doe Boy.

The duo took to twitter to announce that the sing which is the lead single for their upcoming album has amassed 100 thousand views on YouTube in just three weeks of release.

In the tweet they could be seen celebrating and rapping along to the song at Lesedi FM in Midrand.

https://twitter.com/StinoLeThwenny/status/1658582650368450560?s=20

The duo are looking likely to fulfill their promise to fans about releasing an album in 2023, as they have already dropped the lead single off the album.

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