I still remember one evening last year when I followed my friend to Freedom Radio Kano. We went to catch a live interview with a young…
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Wallahi, I can still remember sosai back in 2018 when one of my guys from Kano dropped his first track. He had good lyrics, strong voice,…
The Nigerian music scene is thriving, and Northern Nigeria continues to contribute to that vibrancy with Hausa music making waves not just locally, but globally. In…
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.…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
When Love Songs Hit Different I still remember back in secondary school when boys used to borrow lines from old Hausa love songs just to toast…
Wallahi, the first time I saw Naziru Sarkin Waka’s old song “Labarina” trending again on TikTok, I just weak. 😂 I was like, “Wait o, no…
You know, back in 2011, I still remember sneaking into a small CD shop in Sabon Gari, Kano, just to buy the latest Naziru Sarkin Waka…
A Personal Note: The Day I Realized Something Was Missing I still remember that night in Kano, sitting at a small open-air suya spot with my…