ID Cabasa is a celebrated figure in Nigerian music whose work contributed to the evolution of Afrobeats and the success of several artists. | Pulse Nigeria
Ofana, Emaxee, Cephas, Falana and more.
Pick of the week: Mo Believe - On This Side
Moment of the week: TBA
Here are our picks of the week;
Ofana - Million Years
Emaxee - Foreign Made
Mr. Oldest himself is back with a soft Afro-pop record aboard a beautiful production. The record is a satire about the Nigerian appreciation for foreign phenomenon.
Cephas - When We Were Young
Falana - Joy
The track, inspired by the SARS protests across Nigeria, is a beautiful yet powerful protest song that speaks out against police brutality inflicted on innocent people anywhere in the world.
Vanguard News
Rap Life Radio and Africa Now Radio programme hits airwaves
On
…as Cool FM and Apple Music collaborates
In a bid to step up entertainment flavour and ignite more appreciation of African artists across the country in the new year, a Nigerian radio media syndicate Cool FM in collaboration with Apple Music have concluded plans to broadcast Apple Music’s ‘Rap Life Radio’ and ‘Africa Now Radio’ programmes on Nigeria’s Cool FM stations in the country.
The music programme, to premier on the 16th and 17th January, 2021 and scheduled to air twice a week; every Saturday and Sunday at 6pm is a first of its kind, meant to reach out wider audience and thrill Hip-Hop and R&B music aficionados with artiste personality conversations.
In a bid to step up entertainment flavour and ignite more appreciation of African artists across the country in the new year, a Nigerian radio media syndicate Cool FM in collaboration with Apple Music have concluded plans to broadcast Apple Music’s ‘Rap Life Radio’ and ‘Africa Now Radio’ programmes on Nigeria’s Cool FM stations in the country.
At the turn of the last decade, Nigerian music on the last leg of real-life music consumption. The internet slowly started to take over, Twitter garnered more followers and the life of millennials and later, Gen Z slowly started to be dictated by virtual reality.
The definition of beauty was replaced by
Instagram Face, music found more aggregated conversations, stan culture became more toxic and ‘Afrobeats to the world’ gathered pace. More importantly, the importance of media as a ground for documenting Nigerian pop culture took on another dimension.
In 2010, Nigeria Hip-Hop witnessed a golden era and a change of guard which brought in the frontrunners for the last decade. 2011 was their first year to put down markers and they did that. Nonetheless, some of the old guard refused to simply lie down. The niche artists also laid down the gauntlet.