YPSZN3, the final installment of the 24-year-old rapper’s outstanding trilogy, is proof that Nigerian rap is alive and well. Like Lil Wayne in ’07, PsychoYP is building an empire, and a dream team to go with.

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This November, listen to PsychoYP, Molotof, Somadina, Ezra Collective, and more.

This week, Blaqbonez with the good rap, deadly tunes, an African family reunion, Blxckie goes hard, and a deep dive into maloya.

This week, Congolese punk energies, Ayra Starr gets even more dangerous, a post-colonial take on lusophone music, mzansi rap and a moving Afro-cuban reunion.

While some Nairobi residents think drill has overshadowed the gengetone movement, a new school creatives are using storytelling and social engagement to keep the hypnotic dancehall hybrid alive.

DJ and producer Hamza takes us to Cairo, his native city, and initiates PAM Club to Egyptian Mahraganat. A mutating genre, in between mainstream rise and underground fame. We met with Hamza at the turntables […]

This week, international rap, fresh amapiano, flowy neo-soul, Trinibad dancehall, and life as an Accra youth. 

Lady Lykez is a queen bee in the video for her buzzing new track “Killa Bee”, the first single from her upcoming EP Woza. Three years after the Muhammad Ali EP, North London rapper Lady […]