With our fingers tightly crossed, these are some follow-up projects we're highly anticipating this year. 2020 was a tumultuous year for the world. Many deemed it unlikely that we would experience a global-level event that would bind us together more than our differences could pull us apart. Yet we did, and the world has found a way to keep moving. Music was one of the few industries that did not stop going. Artists who were established pre-COVID had audiences in need — the pr

Highlighting the gender disparity in Nigerian music labels and how this contributes to a harmful space for female artistes. While chronicling the struggles she faced in the early stages of her career during her BlackBox interview, Tiwa Savage tells an interesting story. On her return to Nigeria, she met with several label heads to work out a deal and was rejected by every one of them. Their reason: they were already working with a female artiste and could not take her. A curs

African music has taken a huge leap globally with continental artistes dominating charts around the world. We profile 10 artistes that are at the edge of world domination. There has been a lot of global focus on the African music scene in recent times. Despite the diversity in sound and genre, music has been one of Africa’s biggest exports to the world. Artistes like Davido, Grammy nominated Burna Boy and Wizkid, to name a few, have continued to champion the “Afrobeats to the