Industry Insights
What's actually happening in the music business — trends shaping how beats are bought and sold, how streaming payouts work, what labels are looking for, and real talk on how independent artists are winning (and losing) in today's industry.
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Nairobi is not the obvious choice of an African artist whose music is rooted in Congolese tradition. The geographic and ...
The foundational Afrobeats dance vocabulary emerges naturally from the rhythmic structure of the music. The groove falls...
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Still, The Lick Back does not pretend to resolve everything. Kering' does not know exactly where she is going next. But ...
This is not an artist building momentum. This is an artist operating at sustained peak velocity and choosing to accelera...
There is something deeply instructive about this for every upcoming artist in Kenya who has performed at a small venue, ...
Amapiano has its own identity now. Afro-house has its own identity. Bongo Flava has always had its own identity. Gengeto...
This isn't a token inclusion. Burna Boy said representing Africa on the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show is...
The brag is never available at the beginning. It is only available to the artist who has done enough, consistently enoug...
The pattern across every one of these stories, MCSK, the eCitizen directive, the frozen blank tape royalties, the Sh87.6...
The title of the song is doing more than one thing at once. "Not Letting Go" is a heartfelt and soulful ballad touchi...
Nobody handed Njerae a blueprint. She built her sound quietly, releasing music under her own terms, blending alternativ...
It is 3am in Nairobi. Westlands is quiet. Matatus stopped running an hour ago. The city that never fully sleeps is at...