Interview: Black Sherif Is Embracing His Truest Self
There’s always been something deeply personal about Black Sherif’s music. Even as his sound has grown and his world has gotten bigger, he’s kept making room for the…
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Interview: El Mehdi Is Claiming Space For Queer Identity In Moroccan Society
For El Mehdi, making art has always been about creating a space where he could be fully himself. Born in Rabat and raised between Morocco, France and Canada,…
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Kaestyle Is At His Genre-Hopping Best On ‘Stylish’
In 2024, when Kaestyle crossed over to the mainstream with the release of his street-resonant hit, “My Dealer,” with Omah Lay, which later earned an additional push with…
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A Ranking Of Seyi Vibez’s Projects
Act X of Seyi Vibez’s intriguing career properly begins in a couple of days. His new album, ‘SWAGUU,’ a long-teased project that has occupied plenty of conversation—not least because…
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Muyeez Is Reaching For The Crown On ‘All Hail Muyeez’
It is easy to forget just how young Muyeez is when you look at how quickly his career has unfolded. By the time most artists were still trying…
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Ivie Ani Is Entering A New Phase As A Cultural Guardian With A Martell Ambassadorship
Culture is a word that has become elastic enough to hold almost anything. But when that seemingly nebulous term–which Ivie Ani defines as “a community moral code, what…
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Interview: Seyi Vibez’s Global Aspirations Reach A Crescendo On ‘SWAGUU’
For fans and listeners who started listening to Seyi Vibez as early as 2021’s ‘NSNV,’ the strides the singer has made in his career might dwarf even their…
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Interview: Juls Has Always Followed the Sound
Juls has spent much of his career following music across borders. Born in London to Ghanaian parents and shaped by time spent between Britain and Ghana, his musical…
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Kaelo Iyizoba Has A Specific Vision of What Nigerian Cinema Can Be
“Multiply the wins by ten thousand to get the number of rejections I’ve gotten,” Kaelo Iyizoba tells me, about an hour into our call. The Nigerian-American filmmaker is…
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Paxslim Is Doubling Down On African Pride With The “Africa Only” Movement
Across Africa and its global diaspora, young Black artists are becoming more intentional about what being African means for their work. They’re less interested in squeezing their work…
