By Freddie Jacob Nigeria as a country criminalizes the existence and rights of its LGBTQ+ citizens with federal laws like the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA)...
Features and Essays
WHY PETER TOSH, NOT BOB MARLEY, SHOULD BE REGARDED AS JAMAICA’S GREATEST EVER MUSICAL EXPORT
By Jerry Chiemeke In February 2001, my mother was interred. By the fourth quarter of the year, I had gone off to boarding school and my brother was entering the...
Features and Essays
WHY NIGERIANS THINK MR EAZI IS NO LONGER MUSICALLY RELEVANT - AND WHY THEY ARE VERY WRONG
By Jerry Chiemeke The year was 2016. I was twenty-five, working at a job which I hated so much, and I had recently checked into therapy. Being a customer service...
Wizkid, from an artistic perspective, has nothing to prove to anyone. You could tell that he had the potential for greatness when he crooned “if you don’t talk money/omo...
On July 11, 2019, Ayra Starr uploaded a video on Instagram, which had her closing her eyes as she rendered a raw, breathy cover of Tuface Idibia’s 2005 hit “Ole”...
By Jerry Chiemeke In 2018, Fireboy DML was scribbling songs and recording mid-quality versions of his songs at a friend’s home studio. Two years later, he is...
