Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When discussing epic runs in music history, Asake is a top contender. Without support from his former label, the Nigerian star ...

Though its representation is still disproportionate, recent decades have seen global music pervade the Western mainstream in a way it never has before. Reggaeton, a genre conceived in Latin America, ...

“MMS” is filled with godly reverence in the Yoruba language, and much of Lungu Boy is performed in that native tongue. While this has risen the ire of some listeners who can’t understand it, his sense ...

Asake continues his dominance as he is declared the number-one artist in Nigeria in 2024. According to Nigeria's foremost music chart publication TurnTable in its annual end-of-the-year chart, Asake ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. With dancers, talking drums, and sweeping orchestration, ...

Since breaking into the mainstream in 2022 with his hit single 'Omo Ope', Asake has enjoyed huge commercial success through a string of hit releases and two albums that rocketed him to superstar ...

Nigerian singer Asake faced heavy criticism from music fans after he referenced President Bola Tinubu's popular phrase in a ...

At the inaugural event of the AfroDiaspora Colloquium, Asake served as the featured guest and delved into dialogue concerning how his artistry contributes to the lexicon of global Black expression. On ...

Afrobeats icons Wizkid and Asake just released their hotly anticipated collaborative EP REAL, Vol. 1. The new music arrives with a video for "Turbulence," wherein Asake and Wizkid party with a bevy of ...

Grammy-nominated Nigerian singer, Asake, has announced that his fourth studio album, titled 'M$NEY', will be released on May 1.