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 hit ...

Asake appears on the Zoom screen, a puff of smoke rising behind him, his chunky dreads — often dyed gold and green — hidden under a black Ushanka that contrasts his plain white shirt. Asake’s music ...

Without support from his former label, the Nigerian star began shooting his shot to work with rapper Olamide in 2020. Two years later, the influential artist signed Asake to his YBNL Nation record ...

Asake’s Lungu Boy World Tour will begin with two festival dates, the first being AfroNation in Portugal on June 26 and the second in London for Wireless Festival on July 13. A month later, the US leg ...

Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Asake has had a big decade. In ...

No two artists have better represented the ongoing cultural takeover of Nigerian Afrobeats than Tems and Asake. While the latter made waves with his third album, Lungu Boy, the former released her ...

“MMS” is filled with godly reverence in the Yoruba language, and much of Lungu Boy is performed in that native tongue. While this has risen the ire of some listeners who can’t understand it, his sense ...

Stylistically, Asake seems familiar and easy to place. But on closer examination, it’s hard to describe what he truly represents. While he seems cut from the post-Fuji streets that brought Bella ...

The Grammy-nominated Afrobeats star's show will take place at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre in November. By Heran Mamo Asake is set to perform a Red Bull Symphonic concert in New York this fall alongside ...

Other recent artist signings include Jack's Mannequin, Yuki Chiba, Grandmaster Flash, The Struts and Johnny Orlando. By Chris Eggertsen The sheer number of artist signings announced on a weekly basis ...