Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. asake-image00053-By-Walter-Banks - Credit: Walter Banks* Asake appears on the Zoom screen, a puff of smoke rising behind him, his ...

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 ...

Nigerian music stars, Tems, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Asake have earned nominations for the 2026 BET Awards. The nomination list ...

Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Asake and Tems have been nominated for the 2026 BET Awards. The awards ceremony, which will be held in Los Angeles on June 28 2026, will be hosted by ...

Afrobeats sensation Asake kicks off 2025 with the release of his highly anticipated single and music video, Why Love?, via his independent label, GIRAN REPUBLIC. Known for his rhythmic vocals and ...

On November 8, Afrobeats sensation Asake is stepping onto Red Bull Symphonic stage at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, performing his greatest hits alongside a full world-class orchestra led by conductor ...

The two superstars previewed a new track called ‘Jogodo’. The beat is heavy, and it commands attention immediately. It sounds like an instant club anthem, blending Wizkid’s smooth delivery with ...

(CNN) — Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a dancer, he began recording music in 2018. By 2020, Asake had a ...

According to Jones, Hip-Hop/Rap Music’s real roots lie in African praise-singing and panegyrics, which then got transported across the atlantic during slave trade. Gaunt slaves on rich plantations ...

Asake had a birthday surprise in store, both for himself and the fans. He dropped the groovy new song, “Only Me,” which finds him coming to a place of self-acceptance where he is content and doesn’t ...

One of the first things you notice when meeting Asake is his name – all five letters of the Nigerian singer’s stage moniker are tattooed in big, unmissable ink across his neck. For another entertainer ...

Last Friday, June 16, Asake released his album Work Of Art. Uproxx‘s Wongo Okon lauded it as among the best R&B offerings of the week, writing, “With amapiano-driven production and his trademark ...