Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.

The Swiss festival Cité de Lausanne returns to celebrate an important milestone. On the agenda, as always, is a diverse range of live shows including many concerts featuring artists from the African continent and its […]

Los Angeles-based label Flying Carpet Records announces the release of Here and There, Kibrom Birhane’s third album in which the Ethiopian jazzman experiments with the ancient deep jazz roots of his native Ethiopia. Since his […]

Habibi Funk unearthed lost band Ferkat Al Ard to re-release this Lebanese gem with its distinct Brazilian influences originally published in 1978. Reediting Oghneya has been the longtime project of German label Habibi Funk. It […]

This week, Simi delivers sweet afropop, Jinku & Karun carry the East African Wave, Séketxe drop an intense debut, Nancy Mounir revives marganlized Egyptian codes and Dice Ailes marries afrobeats and reggaeton. 

Nigerian rapper Naira Marley released on Monday his long awaited God’s timing’s the Best, a 14-track LP via his own label Marlian Records. Review. Eight years after launching his career with “Marry Juana”, Nigerian Afrobeats […]

Cairene artists ZULI & Rama unveil the second installment of their irsh series, did you mean: irish vol. 2, inviting a slew of new, young, up-and-coming producers and DJs from the electronic scene. Once upon […]

Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.