Wetin You Dey Talk
Veteran Rapper K16 from Nigeria is back with his first new record in over a year. Titled ‘Wetin You Dey Talk’, the track is off his Killer16bars: The Producer EP, which as the…
Mixtape: Afro Cosmic Club con dj Gioumanne
In the past few years, many African music gems from the 1970′s have been dug up and reissued on the international (often: western) market. Even the most obscure recordings and unreleased tapes have…
Sham Pain – Hatin’ On My Swagg
US based Nigerian Rapper Sham Pain teams up with Joey Plus – @JoeyPlus who has been on the #JoeyTunesDay Twitter Music campaign after mentoring the winning STAR QUEST band, B.E.A.T. ‘Hatin’ on my…
FRESK – Prenons l’afrique en main
Fans of Fredy Massamba have had a good year as in 2010 the short singer with the big voice from Congo-Brazza was all over, releasing a solo album, performing with Congo Groove (including…
Champagne and Rum
Nigerian rap artist Gilbert Ubani, best known as A-Q, has followed up his controversial single ‘names’ with a dance track produced by the twin duo known as E-Twinz. ‘Names’ reintroduced A-Q to the…
K16 – Tribute To The South EP
In our article about Nigerian rap in the 1980′s and early 90′s published last year, Emphasis were mentioned. One of them, the artist formerly known as Mouth MC, is making a comeback as…
Fecko – First Impression EP
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…
AQ – Wahala Dey
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…
AfricanHipHop Mixtape – The Sequel (2009)
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…
