Aminat Yusuf, an exceptional law student at Lagos State University (LASU), has etched her name in the annals of academic ...
This month’s roundup of Next Rated interviews features a dancehall/reggae artiste, a promising Afrobeats act and two female indie pop ...
No one had introduced me to SOLIS. I learned – as I often always do – about her last year ...
With his debut EP Phaeway Vol. 1 released earlier this year, emerging Abuja-based singer Phaemous showed an inclination towards blending ...
PsychoYP is arguably trap’s most visible correspondent in Nigeria, garnering goodwill across hip hop fandoms. In his latest single Euphoria ...
In today’s overcrowded music landscape where individuality is dwindling, Lagos-based dancehall/reggae artiste Jahblend is worth noticing. On SoundCloud, where he’s ...
Referred to as the Queen of the Gold Coast in her home country Ghana, where her debut EP Seed was ...
KØKØ’s debut EP Akira may have slipped through the cracks when it was released back in January, but it’s still ...
It was back in January that Don Jazzy announced the signing of Ayra Starr to his Marvin empire, the 18-year-old ...
Navigating the music industry as an emerging artiste can be difficult, more so when they are breaking away from popular ...
YNaija’s Next Rated is still geared towards spotlighting undiscovered, under-the-radar artistes in Nigeria, regardless of music genres, or bring up ...
What is true about Nigeria’s drill rap scene is that it’s in its infancy. Likewise trap music which it evolved ...
Although emerging rapper Lazyzee Ella has been cultivating a SoundCloud presence with songs like Cheating Ass and SoSoDef, it was ...
While the music landscape is mushrooming with new and emerging artistes, not many have their sound so distinctly fine-tuned and ...
Gabzy’s sonic identity has been his relaxed, casual vocals laid over precisely programmed beats. This was well-established on his sophomore ...
The RnB genre in Nigeria’s music scene may have lost its competitive edge, a feature that qualified the sound in ...
With the release of her debut heartfelt RnB single M.OM.M.S in 2019, Fave showed promise that was quite impossible for ...
Nigeria’s trap scene is bewitching enough to amass its own loyal fans, its muted glamour seen in the pockets of ...
”I sing, I write, I play a little guitar and keys and I kinda sorta produce,” reads the SoundCloud bio ...
New acts getting a foot into the music scene is always interesting to watch, but it induces a good feeling ...
Nigeria’s rap scene is currently a wellspring of emerging acts. Even without the backing of record labels, social media and ...
YNaija’s Next Rated is always looking for new and under-the radar music talents. And coming off from last month’s roundup ...
Opening Tochi Bedford’s debut project Eternal Mob is Bros, a whispery, trippy rap song that somehow blends the fragile sensibilities ...
About two weeks ago, fast-rising singer-rapper Superboy Cheque featured Fireboy DML on History, his first song of the year and ...
Fresh off from releasing his bouncy, club-inspired EP Treasure, Ogranya’s latest single Rendezvous is still as sonically uncompromising as one ...
”Abuja is budding with talents of different forms. The music scene has alot of potential to produce tons of top ...
Off her sophomore EP Runaway forthcoming this year, emerging soul singer-songwriter Merry-Lynn has released the lead single of the same ...
Last month saw emerging RnB and soul singer, Dara Blaxx, release her debut EP Arrhythmia, which spins tales of vulnerability, ...
His first single of the year
Arriving the music scene with his debut mixtape VIV in 2016, Remy Baggins has always expressed a duality in singing ...