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Cesária Évora, the Cape Verdean singer who became known as the “Barefoot Diva”, is being remembered in a special Google Doodle on what would have been her 78th birthday. The doodle shows the renowned vocalist performing against a backdrop of the colorful coastal city of Mindelo where she was born. Today would have been Cesaria...
Jidenna’s 85 to Africa is finally here! And, as his open track is titled (though spelled differently), it’s worth the wait! The sophomore album has been a process two years in the making since the artist dropped his debut album, The Chief, in 2017. The 11-track album boasts features from Seun Kuti, who appears on...
On Thursday night, Travis Scott announced that he’s partnered with Netflix on a new documentary called Look Mom I Can Fly. Scott announced the new film while inviting fans to a pop-up event with an Instagram post showing a bunch of aged-looking VHS tapes featuring the artwork for Look Mom I Can Fly, which bears...
Atlanta R&B singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Summer Walker just released “Playing Games,” a new track from her upcoming debut album OVER IT. First announced last week, OVER IT will be released later this year via LVRN and Interscope Records. Playing Games follows her four-track CLEAR EP, which released in January as well as last year’s Last Day of Summer. The...
Hemingway African Gallery and Safaris, the leading wholesale importer of fine African art, has opened a new gallery in New York’s Tribeca located at 88 Leonard St. Co-founded by Gregory Hemingway, the late son of the American novelist Ernest Hemingway, and South African-born art dealer Brian Gaisford, the gallery is home to a vast trove of African artifacts,...
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have released a new banger called “The Next Day” as part of the ongoing Adult Swim Singles series. It features Oh No — Madlib’s brother and one half of the rap group Gangrene. About two months ago Freddie Gibbs and Madlib released Bandana, the sequel to their awesome 2014 album Piñata, which featured...
On the heels of his late night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last month, Burna Boy appeared on Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show last night where he discussed the rise of Afrobeat music, his style and his latest album African Giant. The artist shares the first time he came across Trevor Noah while on a boat...
The 2019 Carifest kicks off Saturday afternoon in Rochester at Brown Square Park on Verona Street. This is the 35th year for the festival and there were a number of musical performances including international Reggae artist, Tarrus Riley backed by Dean Fraser & The Blak Soil Band and Soca artist Rupee. The festival exposes the...
Tyler, the Creator has been granted a visa to headline the Bay Dreams festival in New Zealand, which takes place in January 2020. The rapper, whose real name is Tyler Okonma, was originally blocked from performing in 2014 due to the nation’s sentiments towards his and Odd Future’s music, after granting him a visa in 2012...
Zimbabwean Playwright and culturalist Stephen Chifunyise died from cancer on Monday, his family confirmed. Chifunyise was 70 years old. He co-founded the Children’s Performing Arts Workshop (Chipawo) in 1989—where the likes of Danai Gurira (Black Panther), the late singer Chiwoniso Maraire and Chipo Chung (Into The Badlands) honed their skills. A total of 63 Chifunyise’s plays...