Desperados has collaborated with Nigerian singer and producer Young Jonn on a new track, Let It Go, blending Afrobeats with Latin-inspired sounds to appeal to young music lovers.
Author: Jamia Ndamukong
A spectacular Malibu mansion with one of the most bizarre ownership histories in California real estate has just found another extraordinarily wealthy buyer. The sprawling 16-acre property, which overlooks the Malibu Pier and Pacific Ocean, sold in June 2026 for an eye-popping $93.5 million. The buyer, according to newly published real estate reporting, is the…
Drogba will be in the star-studded encounter alongside Nigeria’s Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, and Emmanuel Babayaro, among others.
The air in Accra was thick with excitement as Ghana’s entertainment elite turned the venue into a high-fashion runway for Efya and Tomi Thomas’s traditional engagement ceremony.
There’s something special about a collaboration that brings together music and visual art, particularly when both creatives have spent years helping African culture reach audiences around the world.
When talking about the Afrobeats explosion of the 2010s, there are few songs as important as Runtown’s “Mad Over You.” Released in late 2016, the song became a masive hit, dominating radio and reverberating across the globe throughout 2017.
Sometime in 2023, a veteran colleague popped up at the studio where South African rapper Tyson Sybateli was putting finishing touches to his mixtape, Present. As is customary, Sybateli played the older artist some songs off the project, but the feedback he got was confounding. “It’s not that he said the songs were bad, he…
The spring/summer 2027 fashion month may have come to a close in the major cities, but it’s just getting started everywhere else. Over the course of this past weekend, designers and industry insiders came together in Lagos, Nigeria, for the 16th edition of Lagos Fashion Week. Workshops, panels, and presentations focused on sustainability and local…
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has brought Nollywood actress Rachael Okonkwo into his administration as part of efforts to strengthen the state’s film and creative industry.
The global expansion of Afrobeats continues to create opportunities for a new generation of African musicians seeking to take the continent’s sound to international audiences. Among the emerging artistes looking to become part of this movement is Ayodeji Akinde, popularly known as Aayo, a Nigerian-born singer currently based in the United States.
