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Kehlani is stepping into a new chapter and she’s doing it with one of the most influential names in music history by her side. The R&B star has begun teasing “Back & Forth,” a new single featuring Missy Elliott, sending early waves across social media and fan communities. Snippets of the track have surfaced online,…
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Long before Afrobeats became a global keyword and Amapiano filled dance floors from Lagos to London, the blueprint for African music’s modern sound was already in motion carried in suitcases, memories, and hard drives across oceans. Migration didn’t just move people. It moved rhythm, language, and identity. What we’re hearing today as “African sound” isn’t…
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Wireless Festival has always thrived on spectacle. Big names, bigger crowds, and a reputation as one of Europe’s defining hip-hop stages. But in 2026, the spectacle moved offstage and everything else collapsed around it. The festival’s cancellation didn’t come from poor ticket sales or logistical failure. It came from a single, high-stakes decision: booking Kanye…
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Universal Music Group the label giant behind Taylor Swift, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more is suddenly at the center of one of the biggest potential deals in music history. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, through his hedge fund Pershing Square, has made a €55 billion ($60B+) takeover offer for the company, aiming to merge it with…
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There was a time when a feature was just that a guest verse, a moment, an add-on. In African music today, it’s something else entirely. It’s strategy. It’s expansion. It’s currency. Collaboration has become one of the most powerful engines behind African music’s global ascent not just creatively, but commercially and culturally. The right feature…
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Rapper Offset has been hospitalized after being shot outside a casino in Florida, in an incident that is still under active investigation. The shooting occurred on April 6, 2026, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, specifically near the valet area. According to early reports, the incident happened in the evening,…
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There was a time when African artists were told quietly, consistently to adjust. Smooth out the edges. Translate the language. Fit the format. Global success, the thinking went, required a kind of cultural compromise. What’s happened instead is the opposite. African music didn’t dilute itself to reach the world it doubled down on who it…
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The business of music just collided again with the reality of reputation. Pepsi has officially withdrawn its sponsorship of London’s Wireless Festival after Kanye West was announced as the headline act for all three nights, turning what should have been a major cultural moment into a flashpoint for controversy. The decision didn’t happen in isolation.…
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The tension between old school and new school isn’t new. Every era of music has felt it the quiet resistance, the debates over authenticity, the question of who’s carrying the culture forward and who’s redefining it. But in African music right now, that tension feels less like a divide and more like a conversation. Because…
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Cardi B has secured another courtroom victory this time in a high-stakes copyright battle tied to one of her biggest recent records. A U.S. federal judge has dismissed the $50 million copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the rapper over her 2024 single Enough (Miami), bringing an end at least for now to a case that…