Amaarae’s latest album, Fountain Baby, represents a significant milestone in the journey of African music towards global recognition. In an interview with Pitchfork in 2020, Amaarae pondered the possibility of African music attaining the same level of popularity as Jamaican dancehall did in the early 2000s, thanks to artists like
I was speaking with a friend recently about the complexities of reggaeton, a genre they claimed to not enjoy not because of the beats, but the often misogynistic and sexist approach to the lyrics and subject matter of mainstream hits. It’s a valid point, one that illustrates how these themes
