Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. With dancers, talking drums, and sweeping orchestration, ...

Indigenous rapper, Sodiq Yusuf, aka CDQ, has rated the performance of Fuji-amapiano singer, Asake poor going by the teaser of his incoming song. After an unprecedented 2022 run that saw chart-topping ...

Asake appears on the Zoom screen, a puff of smoke rising behind him, his chunky dreads — often dyed gold and green — hidden under a black Ushanka that contrasts his plain white shirt. Asake’s music ...

Known for being a boisterous and crowded city in the heart of Lagos Island, Isale Eko has a long and rich history of making music stars, one of which is Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake. Born ...