Women of Afrobeats: A New Era of Power, Presence, and Possibility – Spotify

It’s the mid-’90s and the song “Allen Avenue” can be heard through speakers on the streets of Lagos. This classic by the London-born Nigerian rapper Weird MC is an ode to one of Lagos’s most famous streets, and it’s a bold statement of a changing Nigerian culture. Her music and fashion defied convention, embodying the words she shared in an interview on Rubbing Minds: “I am someone you cannot put in a box; anything can happen and you never know what to expect.”

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