Uganda’s fast-rising star Joshua Baraka is making waves across the region after overtaking Tanzania’s Bongo Flava heavyweight Diamond Platnumz in Spotify monthly listeners, signaling a subtle ...

Over the years, Diamond Platnumz has maintained a strong presence in the East African music scene, not only through his music but also through his evolving personal style. His fashion choices and ...

Across generations, across borders, and across genres, African women have not only contributed to the continent’s sound, they have defined it.

IT is Eid celebration across Tanzanian regions today, March 20, 2026, but there is no special song composed for this occasion ...

The event will take place at Cavalli @ The Manor in Westlands, Nairobi, with doors opening at 2:00 PM.

THERE are certain people in the media fraternity whose names rarely appear in flashing lights, yet somehow their fingerprints are on everything. They are the quiet engineers behind the noise, the ...

Mad Ice’s journey, from the video halls of Bwaise to the airwaves of East Africa and the cultural scene of Finland, is a ...

Mad Ice’s journey, from the video halls of Bwaise to the airwaves of East Africa and the cultural scene of Finland, is a story of reinvention. He became the artiste everyone thought they ...

Dar es Salaam. Apple Music has announced Tanzanian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vanillah as the latest artist to be featured in its Up Next artist development programme in East ...

Professor Jay picks his Bongo Flava Hip-hop first eleven. Professor Jay will be feted at Bongo Flava Honors on March 1, 2025, for his exceptional contribution to the growth of Bongo Flava. Professor ...

Swift leads the IFPI's rankings for a sixth time overall, outperforming Stray Kids, Drake, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny. By Thomas Smith Taylor Swift has been named the biggest-selling global artist of ...

Spotify’s roundup of the biggest artists of the year is here, and once again Bad Bunny reigns supreme. The Puerto Rican rapper was the biggest artist of 2025, amassing 19.8 billion streams globally.