The NATIVE

From the beginning, Ayra Starr’s artistry was always centred on identity, deeply permeating not only the music she has shared across the five years of her incredible career, but also her method of self-expression.  Like British superstar, Adele, her biennial album releases are age-titled and intentionally curated to share her growth with the world, especially the intricacies ...

Arriving eight years after his debut album, ‘Talk About Poe (T.A.P),’ Ladipoe’s sophomore album, ‘REVIVAL,’ comes as a personal statement, giving fans and long-term listeners insight into all the ways the rapper has evolved and changed  after his debut album presented an introduction. In the time since then, the rapper has further expanded his catalogue with sta...

“What’s better than one billionaire? Two / ‘Specially if they’re from the same hue as you”  – JAY-Z

Whether one likes it to admit it or not, Africa’s cultural history has been influenced by Paul and Peter Okoye. So much has been said and written about these twin brothers that anything new seems prone to redundance. Yet we can’t cast these gems out of ou...

Cruel Santino has released a two-pack titled ‘International Collector / Oz..’ The new singles arrive as the curtain-raiser for his highly anticipated new project, ‘Kings Of The Bounce,’ which the alte pioneer has been teasing for the past couple of years. 

The first single, “International Collector,” which he had previously teased with a sni...

Tobe Nwigwe has a theory for why Houston, Texas saw a significant number of Nigerian immigrants in the 1980s: In 1980, basketball deity Hakeem Olajuwon made his way to the U.S. for a chance to play at the University of Houston.

Olajuwon had switched to basketball a few years before he travelled, and it was the prompting of a scout that helped secure a tryout with the ...