Nigerian Popular DJ, DJ Cuppy Becomes Apple Music’s First African Radio Show Host
Apple Music, the world’s second-largest audio streaming provider, is launching its first radio show in Africa on Sunday, with popular Nigerian musician, DJ Cuppy, as its host. The streaming platform announced, yesterday, that ‘Africa Now Radio with Cuppy’ will debut on Sunday and feature a mix of contemporary and traditional popular African sounds, such as amapiano, afrobeats, highlife, alte, house, hip-hop, afrobongo, kuduro, among others.
This is great news as Apple Music is a global music platform with 60 million listeners from over 160 countries worldwide and over 30 countries in Africa alone. The weekly one-hour show is expected to debut this Sunday by 9 a.m. EDT (10 p.m. WAT).
“The show represents a journey from West to East and North to South, but importantly a narrative of Africa then to Africa now. I’m excited not only to play music but showcase the vast array of talented artistes cultivating the music scene on the continent! There are so many rich textures and sounds in Africa and the time is now for the world to embrace our diversity. Each and every week I’ll be bringing a dynamic guide to discovering and celebrating the biggest and best sounds from across Africa, the Motherland. It will be entertainment at its best, Cuppy style!” DJ Cuppy said.
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African music has found success outside of the continent and onto top charts in both the U.S. and UK in recent years. World-renowned like Drake and Beyoncé have borrowed African sounds for their music. Also, Nigerian artistes like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi continue to gain worldwide attention and have become household names.
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Just recently, DJ Cuppy was among three other Nigerian artistes recently on the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 list for their successful strides in the music industry. Also, Davido, Tiwa Savage and Mr Eazi were recently interviewed by Gail Mitchell as part of Billboard’s first-ever issue dedicated to the African continent.
We are inspired by the representation and recognition that the Nigerian music industry is getting for the country and Africa as a whole.