Hey there, It’s another New Music Friday, and we are as excited as always! It’s been a very long week, especially for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria. Following the loss of one of Africa’s music Icons, Onyeka Onwenu; and their sociopolitical struggles, it won’t be a bad idea to sit back at the end of today and enjoy these new releases. On this week’s New Music Friday we have great releases from Nigeria to Ghana! Do enjoy!

Magixx was hell-bent on making bad decisions on his fourth single release of the year. Following the release of his successful single, ‘Okay’ in January, everyone will agree that Magixx has been on a roll, and it doesn’t seem like he is taking his foot off the gas soon. You won’t be making a bad decision by spinning this new release.

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A year after his amazing Rap Album, 'God’s Engineering 2'. AQ is here with his usual master strokes of his lyrical brush. The rapper made ‘Purple Doesn’t Exist’ a platform to shine lights on the younglings, with young rappers like AQ’s talented latest recruit, Bkay EastGaad, Blaqbonez, Cheque, and singer, Wizard Chan making guest appearances on the album. Everyone has something for them on this week’s New Music Friday; and ‘Purple Doesn’t Exist’ is for the Hip-Hip heads. If you want food for thoughts or lines to read in-between, hit play on ‘Purple Doesn’t Exist’

Standout Tracks: Purple Rose, All Boys Out, Colour Blind, Already Rich, 3rd John, Old Head.

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In what will be his third single release of 2024 after the release of ‘Danger’ and ‘Solo’, Kidi links up with Ghana’s global superstar, Black Sherif to express his commitment to a mysterious lady. The perfect karaoke song! You should perform this song to your significant other today.

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One of Nigeria’s top emerging R&B sensations, Amaeya drops her long-anticipated debut Extended Play. If you are looking for something that can help you blow off some steam under your blue light; something to ease your stress after a very long week, then Amaeya’s ‘Like a Flower’ is the project for you. ‘Like a Flower’ was released after Ameaya’s successful breakthrough in 2023.

Standout Tracks: Sweet Escape, Element, On My Way.

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Following the release of his 2023 astounding debut EP, ‘Avanna’, and the success of his 2023 banger ‘Goodsin’, Ghana’s 22 years old wonder boy, Olivetheboy is maintaining his momentum with his new single ‘Wonda Boy’. In 2023, 'Goodsin' by Olivetheboy became the fastest Ghanaian debut single to ten million digital streams, the most Shazamed song in West Africa, and the longest trend for a Ghanaian song on TikTok (2023), peaking at #3 on several major music charts on the continent.

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Produced by Dawie Beatz, ‘Jehovah’ saw the usual unique delivery and rap style of Jeriq sync flawlessly with the powerful vocals of Bella Shmurda. ‘Jehovah’ is also the second track on Jeriq’s forthcoming album, ‘King’. ‘King’ the album will be dropping on the 16th of August, 2024

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PsychoYP shows us he has plenty left to share after his joint projects, ‘YP & Azanti’ and ‘Evil Twins’ with Azanti and Jeriq earlier in the year. Showing us his versatility again, he delivered ‘Violation’ on a Drill beat. PsychoYP is one of the hottest rappers in the Nigerian music scene today, and you can tell why he holds that place with today’s release.

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Jaywon releases his first body of work since his 2022 Album, ‘Jahbahlee’. His comeback with ‘Evergreen’ came with guest appearances from Seyi Vibes, Spyro, Magnito, Oladips, Olakira, and Blaq Jerzee. With his choice of Title, Jaywon looks to make the 14-track Long Play a household project that will stand the test of time.

Standout Tracks: Time, This Year, I Believe,

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For his first release of 2024, Gimba cooks up a proper Afrobeats beauty to join this week’s release train. Performed over a nice progression and the traditional Afrobeats five-beat pattern, ‘Only U’ soothes your soul and puts you at ease. This one is for all the sweet lovers! Yeah, you were not forgotten on this week’s New Music Friday.