Native Mag x Tate presents: A Very Special Nigerian Modernism Issue Featuring:  Obongjayar  Bruce Onobrakpeya  Yusuf Grillo  Mowalola  Osei Bonsu + More  Preorder Link: store.thenativemag.com

"I think you always have to strive to be better than you were yesterday. That's one of my personal philosophies. I always try to learn something new every day. That's kind of how I live." - @ItsAdey His multifarious skills and constant search for knowledge have been the catalyst for his successful, decade-long career as a producer, singer and songwriter: shorturl.at/fRMrP

From career-launching debuts to impressive collaborative projects, these are 15 of the best Afropop EPs from the last 10 years. Full list: shorturl.at/ivmoP

“I really would like this project to get to people exactly where they’re at in their lives. It’s not an aspirational vibe. It must get you exactly where you’re at with your life and it must connect you to that reality.” Jabulile Majola’s latest project, ‘Ipasi’ functions as a document of identity, mapping out how grief, love, and passion changes the human consciousness: shorturl.at/b5C3d

Six years ago today, @temsbaby dropped her debut project, ‘For Broken Ears,’ and nothing was the same.

“Rapid Fire” would still be a hit if it was released in 2026 🤌 @cruelsantino was way ahead of his time. #whoremembers

“We just kept creating and our chemistry is just undeniable.” - @JulsOnIt For their joint project, ‘Junction,’ Juls and Projexx worked to bridge the cultural gap between Ghana and Jamaica:  shorturl.at/YNpLB

“I enjoy big worlds, stories that will make your heart pound and give you goosebumps.” - @IJKaelo The filmmaker is telling remarkable Nigerian stories that reflect the absurdity, humour and strangeness of everyday life: shorturl.at/vVkho

“I want my contribution to the Martell Ambassadors platform to really amplify music, culture, the arts and the architects behind them.” - @ivieani The new partnership as Martell’s Cultural Ambassador will expand the scope of the journalist’s decade-long career:shorturl.at/qdxN9

“I feel my style evolved. My swag, my energy, and my ideas [changed]. So, I feel like my name is Swaggu now, and Swaggu is just a local way of pronouncing swag in Nigeria.” - @seyi_vibez The singer discusses how his evolution inspired his latest album: shorturl.at/Djg7J

Ahead of the release of 'SWAGUU,' we ranked @seyi_vibez’s projects from the least essential to the very best: shorturl.at/XhxMG

. @LadyDonli had us professing our undying love for money on “Cash” 💰 Still hits hard 💥 #whoremembers

“The album basically is about me as royalty.” - @Muyeez_baby The 18-year-old singer tell us everything about infusing his emotions and experience as a young star into his debut project, ‘All Hail Muyeez’: shorturl.at/qdddw

Women like @biglodu_, @celesteojatula, @askaboutsewa, @solana_tii, @ffaithmartins, @TeledalaseOgun1 & @officialjdess are  incorporating ancestral musicality into contemporary Nigerian music: shorturl.at/9layq

. @kaestyle_ish's debut album, ‘Stylish,’ transmutes beyond its literal meaning to showcase his range through two distinct genres, R&B and Afropop: shorturl.at/Qv11Z

“I’ve been waiting my whole journey to make a tape like this, with this type of vulnerability, and this type of freeness. There’s a freeness to it, like a limitless air.” - @blacksherif_ On ‘Sun Sherif,’ the singer intensifies the vulnerability that has always defined his music: shorturl.at/ti1fE

“I want to help tell the stories we’ve been made to believe don’t exist in our societies, even though they’ve always been there.” - @salamelmehdi The Moroccan singer is embracing his queerness and using art as a tool for broader queer representation: shorturl.at/PUvBY

Places like Nahous, WAF Skate Park, Fantasy Ikoyi, and Homecoming Concept Store are defining culture in Lagos. Full list: shorturl.at/XVkbO

The Festival of Masks is part of a larger effort for  Benin to tell its own story and decide how its traditions should be understood: shorturl.at/MSYLn

On ‘Cocoa Hue,’ @DOTTiTheDeity is astutely exploring the different facets of his creativity: shorturl.at/wzZU2

“It’s a very good representation of what the music sounds like and where my head is at right now. It’s how I see myself.” - @tavesthegreat The singer tells us everything about his latest project, “Popstar - Side A’ being the first half of an unfolding story: shorturl.at/PAJRi