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The Nigerian Musician Championed by Zohran Mamdani

Our critic’s latest Song of the Week is by ODUMODUBLVCK, an artist who embodies the full spectrum of Nigerian Afrobeats.

Zohran put me on — “Hey, Popcast!” Earlier this year, we asked Zohran Mamdani what his song of the summer was. “My pick for song of the summer is ‘Funds’ by Davido.” So that song is great and it features one of the real rising stars in Nigerian Afrobeats,…