Category: GUAP Magazine Cover Stories
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Fresh from a night celebrating Black artistry in Notting Hill, we got time in with FaceSoul moments after his Levi’s® In Session Live performance at UNDR – part of Levi’s® In Session project, an initiative spotlighting Black musicians through a series of intimate live performances and films that centre culture, creativity and connection. Stepping off…
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![Kofi Stone’s [@kofistone] flowers have finally bloomed.](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/KOFI-STONE-FINAL-COVER-1080x850.jpeg)
There’s a calmness to Kofi Stone that makes you lean in.He speaks softly, almost like he’s thinking aloud, but the meaning lands with weight. Maybe it’s the Ghanaian poetry in his blood. Maybe it’s the years spent learning himself before the world ever caught up. Or maybe it’s the name the one his grandfather gave…
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Starting with the experimental edge of Genesis, and following up with the daring and profound Electric Dusk, Leon Thomas has always charged towards the idea of defying artistic convention. His latest album, MUTT, presents his arrival at the intersection of Rock and R&B. Having always been an architect of his own sound with music in…
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Gliders is a Dublin-born creative collective set on exporting their talents to the world in every possible capacity. Fronted by music duo Elzzz and Travy, along with director and videographer Sam Fallover, this loose crew, made up of a variety of mavericks rejecting the traditional boundaries of artistry, opts instead to focus on laying the…
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A bright grin and smiling eyes rounded by black glasses pop up on my screen with a soft ‘Hello.’ Tega Akinola is a young, pioneering craftswoman redefining the measures of accessories and sneakers. Despite having long been on the radar, it’s only in recent years she’s been getting her flowers. The British-Nigerian, Northampton native warms…
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![GUAP 37 : SHENSEEA, THE PRINCESS OF DANCEHALL [@SHENSEEA]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SHENSEEA-X-GUAP-COVER-259-copy-1140x850.jpg)
A success story rooted in culture, uplifted by community … Grammy-nominated, Jamaican native, Shenseea shares with GUAP the captivating adventures of her career, lead by her unmatched talent and vision. She shook up the dancehall scene with her 2016 single “Jiggle Jiggle”, followed by her career defining collaboration with Jamaican legend Vybz Kartel on “Loodi”…
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![GUAP 36 : WHY YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING KOSAR ALI [@KOSARALI__]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kosar-header-1140x850.jpg)
The creative industry’s brightest stars of today are often those who double or triple up as multi-hyphenate creatives – aka triple or poly-threats. Nowadays, it’s very easy to restrict such attributes to US creatives due to US dominance over entertainment outlets. However, GUAP is dedicated to honouring such stars irrespective of their geographical locations. More…
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With the rise of podcasters from every contemporary subculture known to our present day, one podcast that has truly stood the test of time – The 90s Baby Show. This jovial melanated man trio has undeniably pioneered the podcasting community by firmly carving out a unique space for themselves and newcomers resembling their backgrounds and…
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![#GUAP32 FROM THE ENDS TO GLOBAL RECOGNITION: NIPPA’S EVOLUTION [@NIPPA.AD]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/RYO_7132-1140x850.jpg)
Nippa, embraces his journey and community, as he gears up to unleash his expanded sound… It’s the first signs of summer in London, the sun has started to show its face and with one arm draped over a wrought iron fence, Nippa fawns over a brown Avirex jacket that’s been handed to him, behind, his…
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Over the last three decades, streetwear in Africa has morphed from a niche and DIY-centric movement into a booming market that is quickly catching the attention of the rest of the world. African streetwear, although often inspired by styles seen more frequently in the West, also has its roots in African culture. It represents a…