THE CON ARTIST: WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
AN ARTISTS IDENTITY AND ITS PLACE IN BUILDING RELEVANCE AND LONGEVITY Can you tell one poopy di from the next scoop diddy whoop poop? Cos I can’t. Every act sounds the same. Money, drugs, women…poop. No identity. Break out the torches and pitchforks, I’m about to upset you. Somewhere af
Styling and the Musician’s Brands
NANA OF TRENDY RAIL SHARES THE IMPORTANCE OF STYLING TO SARKODIE, KIDI AND KUAMI EUGENE’S BRAND In the wake of visual branding in marketing, Musicians must realize their brands not only lie in their product (i.e their music) but in their clothing as well. How they are seen, and what they wear,
An Ode to the Creators of Sound
A little something something appreciating the crafters of the music we fall in love with. To the people who create the magic, Music Producers
Inside Nu Nairobi
AN INSIDER LOOK AT NU NAIROBI: NAIROBI’S BUDDING UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE Nu Nairobi represents the underground music scene of Nairobi. On a recent trip to Nairobi, filmmaker Mia Zur-Szpiro fell in love with the city’s budding underground scene. Her documentary of this scene dis
The Hypocrisy of the Ghanaian fan
GHANAIAN MUSIC IS GOING NO WHERE FAST, AND ITS CONSUMERS ARE TO BLAME (Somewhere in Accra…) LYRICAL WARS: K Bo vs. Ankwanda K BO: “…put the W in front of his name…call him Wakanda!” (Crowd goes wild) As I stood quietly watching the crowd reaction, I thought to myself
