From Meat Pies in the Club to ‘Money Constant,' Billboard African Rookie of the Month Mavo Is Set on Becoming a ‘Mainstream International Artist'

Mavo tells Billboard about dropping back-to-back superstar collaborations with Wizkid and Davido while finishing his optometry degree.

K-Pop Giant HYBE Announces Tyla Management Partnership, Platform For African Music

Tyla’s co-managers Brandon Hixon and Colin Gayle partner with K-pop giant HYBE for management and expansion into Africa as ...
Los Angeles Times

Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, ‘I really want people to go deeper.’

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...
The New York Times

Inside Mamelodi Sundowns: South Africa’s superclub, the home of ‘shoeshine and piano’

Mamelodi Sundowns won their eighth South African Premiership title in a row with a game to spare in May but, before their last league fixture, the mood inside the meeting room at the club’s training ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

How Atlanta became a hub for African music

On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.
The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...