It’s no secret that the African hip hop forums in the past ten-plus years has been an international breeding ground of talent. Think of two volumes of African hip hop mixtapes, initiated and produced by …

Ghanaian born, US dwelling rapper M.anifest just dropped the free 16 track album ‘the birds and the beats’.
Download at his website Manifestmc.com and listen to the African hip hop radio interview here.

Nigerian rapper AQ, born as Gilbert Ubani, got initiated into the world of hip-hop in secondary school after hearing classic songs from Biggie, Jay-z, and Rakim. He started rapping professionally in 1998. After six years …

Almost a year in the making, here is The Sequel, the second mixtape created entirely by members of the Africanhiphop.com forums. The first collection, called ‘Africanhiphop: the Naija chapter’ (2007) gained a lot of interest …

Bright Andrew Igho a.ka. B-elect a.k.a. the Clean Rapper is a member of Nigeria’s foremost rap crew, Thoroughbreds. Founder of the crew along with Illbliss a.ka. That Ibo Boy, he has been involved in hip …

Rock The Mic Vol. 1 is a classic compilation first released in 2005 of hip-hop music from Lomé, Togo, and Cotonou, Benin on the Asrafo Records label. Featured on the compilation are MC’s Avénon, Eklin, …

Here is a collabo by M dot [M.anifest] and 40 winks [padmo and weedy] that came out in 2007. 40 Winks is an instrumental hip hop group made up of two producers from Antwerp, Belgium. …