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blakkrasta

Blakk Rasta – Gaddafi

Blakk Rasta, the radio personality and reggae artist from Ghana, got continent wide fame with his tribute to Obama, released during the USA presidential election campaign in 2008. In 2009 he visited the…

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Kwaw Kesse ft Rell in Soldier of Love

Ghanaian emcee Kwaw Kesse (in the eastern part of Africa people may know him for the collabo he did with Tanzanian emcee Professor Jay) is working towards the release of ‘Untold Stories 2.0…

Sham Pain

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…

davincimode

Modenine & Tuface – We dey vex

While awaiting the 2010 album by Modenine, the lyrical genius surprised us with a track off the album featuring Tuface Idibia. Says Modenine: “We dey vex ft Tuface has no real subject matter,…

ill_musketeers

Teckzilla, Rae (Str8 Buttah) & Fecko

Just in: a fresh new track involving Teckzilla & Rae from Str8Buttah and Fecko, all African hip hop forum regulars from Nigeria. Play it loud! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

jjc

JJC – We are Africans

Remember JJC, the UK dwelling Nigerian producer of Big Brovaz fame? A couple of years back he released a solo effort ‘Atide’, then became presenter of BBC 1Xtra’s African show (currently hosted by…

jcb

Fresh ya Shamba to Arusha

Today we’ll be taking the Fresh ya Shamba coach liner from Dar es Salaam (Tanzania’s economic and media capital) to Arusha in the northern part of Tanzania. Listen to new tracks and watch a video by JCB, Stopa and Nako 2 Nako!

kamau_ambrose

Kama – Can’t you see (exclusive)

You may have read & listened to our recent update on Kalamashaka (Kenya) and group member Kama’s recent studio sessions. The first results have started to leak – by way of the producers…

Bb

Bb – Mo Badd

The music industry in Nigeria is undoubtedly experiencing a revolution, growing in leaps and bounds. A few years ago deejays only played foreign songs. That definitely has changed: playing a song that is…

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