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Released in a span of three months, the new albums by Ayra Starr, Tems and Tyla are not merely career-making for the artists, but ground-shifting... When the emergent Nigerian singer Ayra Starr ...

As a child in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tyla long dreamed of seeing an African pop star become a global phenomenon. When that moment never came, she decided to just do it herself. “Not seeing that ...

K-pop’s first African idol, Fatou of girl group Blackswan, pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a star in the historically exclusive genre. Fatou, whose full name is Fatou Samba, was born in ...

Legacy and the driving forces of popular culture often seem interchangeable. Both exist in the zeitgeist as collective experiences, memories, people, and even fictional characters that have moved or ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...