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African Fresh Picks: Olamide, Maleek Berry, Amaarae, Spinall, Crayon, Young Jonn & More
Just a month after presenting the Clive Davis Visionary Award to Empire founder and CEO Ghazi at Billboard’s first-ever Global Power Players event in London, Nigerian rap legend Olamide didn’t rest on his laurels. Instead, he continued honing his craft on his 11th studio album, Olamidé.
The new project sees him collaborate with Wizkid twice on the horn-heavy “Kai!” single and boastful “Billionaires Club” track with Darkoo while linking up with American hip-hop heavyweight Dr. Dre on the smooth “Indika” cut featuring Spinall.
Ghanaian-American star Amaarae, who became the first Ghanaian solo female artist to perform at Coachella earlier this spring, is also preparing to release her third studio album Black Star on August 8 via Interscope Records. This time around, she blends highlife and kpanlogo with a mean Detroit club bass and an infectious zouk melody that sounds like a steel pan lipsing an evil synth.
The article highlights ten of the most promising new songs from African acts released roughly within the last month.
Source: www.billboard.com
