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  • The Producer’s Voice: Manon Dave [@manondave]

    The Producer’s Voice: Manon Dave [@manondave]

    Words By Miki Hellerbach The Producer’s Voice is a new series for GUAP where we highlight the stories of instrumental crafters. We hope to bring their stories to the forefront instead of kept behind the artist they are producing for. North London raised producer, engineer, and creative technologist Manon Dave has of the most wide…

  • Five For Friday ft. [@iamodeal], [@Santandave1], [@JulsOnIt] + more

    Five For Friday ft. [@iamodeal], [@Santandave1], [@JulsOnIt] + more

    Five For Friday is back again with 5 releases from the past week you should pay attention to. Five For Friday is back again giving you 5 great tracks/projects for your Friday. Friday is essentially the most important day of the week musically, and typically a lot of music drops on Friday’s. Friday is the day…

  • Was Pop Smoke’s latest posthumous album released in good ‘Faith’?

    Was Pop Smoke’s latest posthumous album released in good ‘Faith’?

    Words by: Andrea Susarrey Faith, Pop Smoke’s Second Posthumous album, was dropped Friday, July 16th. At only 20 years old, Pop Smoke was already well on his way to heights of fame in his career that few artists ever reach. Having barely gotten a taste of the life of a mega rap star he was…

  • Ghana Party In The Park festival returns this weekend

    Ghana Party In The Park festival returns this weekend

    This Saturday Ghana Party In The Park makes its return to London! Running since 2005 this is the biggest Ghanaian festival in the Diaspora. With native blockbuster rapper Sarkodie pulling the creative strings this year, the stage is set for a cultural explosion. Hosted by Akwaaba in Trent Park, London, the party will force the capital…

  • KING MAJIK & BAWSE: THE TORONTO DUO BRINGING A FRESH VOICE TO CANADA’S YOUNG AFROBEATS SCENE [@king_majik] [@bawse_fsu]

    KING MAJIK & BAWSE: THE TORONTO DUO BRINGING A FRESH VOICE TO CANADA’S YOUNG AFROBEATS SCENE [@king_majik] [@bawse_fsu]

    Words by: Blossom Maduafokwa Nigerian Afrobeats artists King Majik & Bawse talk Canadian Afrobeats Scene, migration, and their newest tape Naijanada. Before 23-year-old Afrobeats artists King Majik and Bawse birthed their music careers in Toronto, Ontario, they first had to leave the country that they once called home.  King Majik, born Memek Inyang, spent the…

  • The Producer’s Voice: Young Chencs [@YoungChencs]

    The Producer’s Voice: Young Chencs [@YoungChencs]

    Words By Miki Hellerbach The Producer’s Voice is a new series for GUAP where we highlight the stories of instrumental crafters. We hope to bring their stories to the forefront instead of kept behind the artist they are producing for.  Young Chencs has put the work in and is now reaping the benefits of that…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: REXXIE’S “A TRUE CHAMPION” [@rexxiepondabeat]

    ALBUM REVIEW: REXXIE’S “A TRUE CHAMPION” [@rexxiepondabeat]

    Words by: Blossom Maduafokwa Nigerian Street producer Rexxie has just dropped his album A True Champion, and, as promised, he recruited the champions of the Nigerian & African diaspora to feature on it. Rexxie has been the quiet force behind Nigeria’s contemporary Street revolution, producing for the likes of Naira Marley, Zlatan, and Lil Kesh,…

  • Bladee [@BladeeCity] – The Fool (Track by Track Review)

    Bladee [@BladeeCity] – The Fool (Track by Track Review)

    Words by: Matthew Griffiths Bladee is back with his fourth project in the space of a year and edges ever closer to a Pop sound. Bladee is the Swedish Rap enigma that is consistently difficult to categorize, musically and otherwise. Despite bursting onto the scene with his emotionally charged brand of Rap he has gradually…

  • With Nothing Left to Prove, A2 Proves It Anyway with ‘Just So You Know

    With Nothing Left to Prove, A2 Proves It Anyway with ‘Just So You Know

    Words by: Dwayne Wilks After some time away from the game, A2 returns on full form on what may be his last ever project, Just So You Know. The reign of A2 has been characterised by the quality of his projects firstly, and then by the regularity of his drops thereafter. Since 2012, the South…

  • Five For Friday ft. [@realmostack], [@BLOW_band_], Syd + more

    Five For Friday ft. [@realmostack], [@BLOW_band_], Syd + more

    Five For Friday is back again with 5 releases from the past week you should pay attention to. Five For Friday is back again giving you 5 great tracks/projects for your Friday. Friday is essentially the most important day of the week musically, and typically a lot of music drops on Friday’s. Friday is the day…