According to Jones, Hip-Hop/Rap Music’s real roots lie in African praise-singing and panegyrics, which then got transported across the atlantic during slave trade. Gaunt slaves on rich plantations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When discussing epic runs in music history, Asake is a top contender. Without support from his former label, the Nigerian star ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a ...

Spotify entered the Nigerian market 5 years ago, and in that time, Afrobeats superstar Asake has been the most-streamed artist on the platform. In celebration of its fifth anniversary in Nigeria, ...

Asake arrived at the office with a warm smile and a quiet confidence that instantly bloomed as he stepped behind the Desk. The Nigerian artist is known for his high-energy stage presence, but this ...

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 ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss GQ story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. One of the first things you notice ...

Asake is a needle-pusher and musical disruptor in whatever capacity he’s in. Proudly inspired by Fuji music – the Nigerian genre that blends traditional Yoruba percussion with Islamic religious chants ...

Osaro, Orobosa (There is God, I am in God’s hands)” In February 2022, Music executive/ Legendary rapper, Olamide Adedeji announced a young singer(Asake) to the ...

In three days, the seeming dirty linen in the private life of Afrobeats singer, Ahmed Ololade Odunsi (aka Asake), rented the air and created a buzz on social media. On Friday, March 14, a video of ...