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Msquare Nnah – Fire & Ice EP 2025 Download Fitaccen mawakin zamani Msquare Nnah ya fito da sabon EP ɗinsa mai taken Fire & Ice, wanda ya ƙunshi wakoki guda huɗu da suka haɗa da:…
When I was starting out I watched my cousin, Amina, sing at a small wedding in Kano. A young beverage rep was in the crowd. He liked her voice. He asked for her Instagram. Two…
Last Ramadan, I went to a small gig in Kano. The venue was full of students and traders. Two young artists were on the bill. One wore plain clothes and sang fine, but the crowd…
A few years back I helped a friend from Kano finish a wedding single. We recorded his voice under a ceiling fan in a small room. The take had heart but also hiss and a…
The first time I filmed a backyard performance in Kano, the sound was rough, the phone kept overheating, and the artist almost gave up. His name was Sadiq from Zoo Road. He rapped in Hausa…
One Saturday morning in Kaduna, I walked into a small studio behind a tailoring shop in Unguwan Sarki. Power had just returned. The producer switched from generator to NEPA. A young artist called Sadiq adjusted…
A few years back I watched a friend, Aminu, sell out a small show in Kano after he posted a raw rehearsal video on WhatsApp. The clip was shaky. The sound was simple. Fans shared…
Last Ramadan I sent a 30-second chorus clip to a family WhatsApp group. Within 24 hours the same clip was on three TikTok videos, one Instagram Reel, and a boda boda rider was humming it…
A small story to begin The first time I saw royalty money hit a friend’s account in Kano, it was not plenty. In fact, it was the cost of a new mic stand and transport…
A short story to start First time I heard a young Kano rapper called himself “Mai Jini,” it was in a tiny studio behind Sabon Gari market. Generator noise. Two plastic chairs. One condenser mic.…
A short story from the studio Two years ago I was in a small studio in Kano with my friend Aminu. He had a raw hook, a dusty laptop, and a hard drive full of…
I remembered just first time I heard a local Hausa beat on a global platform. It was a bus ride from Kaduna to Kano. A friend showed me an Apple Music playlist and there was…
Sannu. I remember the first time I saw my cousin, Aminu, play a brand new Hausa single for the neighbourhood on a borrowed Bluetooth speaker. People stopped, nodded, and asked where they could stream it.…
I do remember back in 2021 when my younger cousin insisted that if I wanted to hear new Hausa trap songs before they blow, I should “just dey scroll TikTok.” True to his word, every…
I still remember the first time I paid to watch a local Hausa artist perform back in secondary school. The stage was small, the speakers were half-scattered, and yet the crowd sang along word for…