Checking in with the fresh new school rapper on the UK scene coming off a slate of recent successes and a new single “Rocks” to get insight into the former poet’s creative process.
From Atlanta to Abuja, Nigeria has become a homestead for powerful trap music that clashes with the smoothed out mainstream the country is famous for.
Twenty years ago, British-Nigerian soul icon Sade paid homage to a British subgenre of reggae with a homecoming album, Lovers Rock.
Hiplife revolutionary Panji Anoff recounts the evolution of Ghanaian hip-hop and his role as a producer, musician and creative director in forming a sound that would resonate for generations to come.
For Jazzfest Berlin – Johannesburg, PAM met the Award winning South African bassist, as well as the spirits he carries. Meet Bra Herbie, the musician who speaks voices in volume.
Discover the key faces, places, and sounds of Kenya’s new alternative scene guided by Tetu Shani.
The Nigerian superstar has conquered the Afrobeats space and campaigns once again with Back In Office, a solid second album that won’t leave his city unrested. PAM spoke with Mayorkun about his striking career, staying relevant and his latest project.
Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia and pan-African instigator, created an apocryphal personality and reign that has resonated into the reggae Rastafari and Africa’s modern political backdrop.
Musicians have always travelled. Willy N’for had all the necessary ingredients to want to travel, a troubled past, a complicated life, dexterity with the bass guitar, and an appetite for travelling on the interstellar grooves of funk, with dreams of jamming with giants.
One half of the Vudufa duo, Pounda continues his solo adventure with AbsTract, a new EP delivering textured hip-hop instrumentals, which have contributed to the rise of a still discreet Peruvian scene. Interview and guest mix.
DJ Doowap introduces us to her favorite African hits and amapiano cuts bumping in her headphones straight off her Money Badoo, afro-amapiano experiment collab on “Déjà Vu”.