This past October, Mapei released her debut single, “Don’t Wait.” One of the best tracks of the year, the song — with its sparse snaps, heartfelt lyrics and incredible instrumentation — is perfect pop ...

Since debuting with a cheeky guest spot on Major Lazer’s debut and releasing the Cocoa Butter Diaries EP in 2009, Mapei has evolved impressively. Where she was once poised to be something of… By ...

As an artist and a musician, Mapei has a sound as global as her heritage. Her mother is Liberian, she was born in Rhode Island, and she grew up in Sweden. In 2008, she was the heart of the underground ...

For just a little over the past five months, one of your favorite blogger, indie tastemaker or underground bass music-friendly DJs favorite songs has been Swedish ingenue Mapei's baile ...

Mapei's "Don't Wait" was the best song to come out in 2013. Whatever you want to throw at me as an alternative, I'll tell you that you're wrong. Sorry not sorry kind of thing, if you will. It's ...

Whilst in London for a sold old show at Cargo, the good folk at Transmitter caught up with Mapei for the first ever filmed performance of recent single "Change" which premieres below. Mapei will ...

Swedish rapper Michel Dida has recruited some of the Scandinavian nation's finest R&B/pop/hip-hop talents for a remix of his latest single "Höru Mej Bae". Mapei, Seinabo Sey, Silvana Imam, Cherrie, ...

On this week's All Songs Considered: New music from the pop giants in The New Pornographers, hip-hop and R&B singer Mapei, the riff-rock sax group Moon Hooch, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and more. After ...

It's a big day in the world of left-field Swedish pop — Robyn has joined forces with fellow Swede Mapei to cover Neneh Cherry's iconic 1988 single "Buffalo Stance." Robyn and Mapei's version features ...

It's (unofficial) Swedish pop appreciation week on the Must-Hear Music podcast, with new songs from Tove Lo (yes, there's much more to her than "Habits"), Erik Hassle and Mapei all getting love from… ...

Swedish-American (by way of Liberia) rapper-singer Mapei has been bubbling up since late last year, when her eerie, leftfield pop-R&B offering “Don’t Wait” appeared on countless blogs and thrust the ...

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