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  • The art of styling: Tee Dosumu helps to bring out Wizkid’s essence

    The art of styling: Tee Dosumu helps to bring out Wizkid’s essence

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    By Jason Kwame I chopped it up with one of the key players in Wizkid’s style evolution, Tee Dosumu. We spoke at length about his journey, his love for the styling process, and what it takes to work with Africa’s starboy.  When Wizkid returned from his hiatus late last year with the album “Made In…

  • Monday Mood ft. [@HeadieOne], [@scuti_1], [@A2Artist]+ more

    Monday Mood ft. [@HeadieOne], [@scuti_1], [@A2Artist]+ more

    Another Bank Holiday Monday and still the same update of fresh music to the Monday Mood playlist for you. Monday Mood is back for its regular scheduled fortnightly update. There’s been a refresh of 16 new tracks added to the playlist. There’s a good mix of everything you could need from R&B, Rap, Drill, Afrobeats and…

  • Upcoming Artist Moliy [@moliymusic] releases her first music video ft. Kkeda [@kkedaofficial1] for new single ‘Loud’

    Upcoming Artist Moliy [@moliymusic] releases her first music video ft. Kkeda [@kkedaofficial1] for new single ‘Loud’

    After the exciting release of Moliy’s Wondergirl EP. Moliy releases her first music video with Kkeda for the song LOUD. The video takes us on a girls trip to the beach. Directed by Andy Madjitey LOUD shows us beautifully in each scene the girls are truly outside and enjoy being carefree. “This is priceless, This…

  • “You can take the kid out the ends, but you can’t take the ends out the kid”: a look into Kano’s [@TheRealKano] affinity for Newham and the meaning of home

    “You can take the kid out the ends, but you can’t take the ends out the kid”: a look into Kano’s [@TheRealKano] affinity for Newham and the meaning of home

    Words by: Nazeema Hamdi There’s no place like home and for Kano that’s Newham and he represents the area to the fullest. It is not clear who coined the phrase ‘home is where the heart is’. However, it is an immemorial proverb that has been uttered by many people, including myself. It is about belonging,…

  • Five For Friday ft. [@_JiuLing], [@meekz_manny], [@scuti_1 ] + more

    Five For Friday ft. [@_JiuLing], [@meekz_manny], [@scuti_1 ] + 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. This week has been…

  • Introducing MoMaReady: the New-York based Electronic artist taking dance music back to its Black roots

    Introducing MoMaReady: the New-York based Electronic artist taking dance music back to its Black roots

    Words by: Elisteinar Tenga Wyatt D. Stevens aka MomaReady is part of a new wave of artists taking the pillaged Electronic music scene by the scruff of its neck, and highlighting its Black, queer roots. Black ideas, culture and traditions being appropriated is not new, especially in modern music where nearly everything hails from Black…

  • Get Rich or Die Trying

    Get Rich or Die Trying

    Words by: Andy Djaba Dissecting the inherent contradiction which exists between Hip-Hop’s infatuation with opulent wealth and the genre’s roots in Black political consciousness Jay Z’s annual pre-Grammys soirée, the Roc Nation Brunch, tends to spark conversation amongst the online Black community as our timelines are inundated with images of this gathering of Hip-Hop’s elite.…

  • Songstress Tashana [@TashanaOfficial] releases her first EP ‘Womanhood’

    Songstress Tashana [@TashanaOfficial] releases her first EP ‘Womanhood’

    Tashana is a songstress and songwriter from South East London. Tashana is known for her unique creative style, which blends Bashment, with R&B and Hip Hop and merges the flavours of the Caribbean with the gritty streets of her hometown in South East London. She has been described as having a unique Tropical R&B sound…

  • Pop’s Pivot To Escapism Amidst The Pandemic

    Pop’s Pivot To Escapism Amidst The Pandemic

    Words by: Ray Sang A discussion of how the sounds and themes explored in Pop music have reflected our desire to escape the harsh realities of living through a global crisis. With the pace at which Q1 one passed us by, a moment of reflection is almost mandatory to take stock of all the whirlwind…

  • The Producer’s Voice: The Phronetic [@ThePhronetic]

    The Producer’s Voice: The Phronetic [@ThePhronetic]

    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.  The Phronetic is a producer, live finger drummer, and one of the pioneers in the…