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Artists of the Week: August (Part 3)//2026

Published on
August 18, 2026
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Darasimi
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Artists of the week:

        It’s another feisty week in August, and the music world has been hotter than you can imagine. 

Kunmie - 22

          Starting the day off with something sweet, Kunmie dropped an album of the summer last Friday, called “22”. 22 is an experience of softness. Soft love, deep emotions, and an all-round cathartic release. With the deep lyricism and swelling echoes in the background, each tone is a place of respite, the lovely artiste; Kunmie knows all the right buttons to touch. There’s a level of quietness and groundedness in his music that meets you at a high level of vulnerability. Featuring other echelon artists like Phyno, Zlatan, and some new favorites like “Confession” and “Gorgeous”, it’s already an album to remember!  So if you need something to get completely soaked in, something that lets you bask deeply in your emotions, “22” will do more than beat your expectations! 

Oladapo - Sugarcane

         Friday came with more goodies, and one of them is Oladapo’s sexy new music  “Sugarcane”. This track is familiar music yet nothing you’ve ever heard before. The flow on it is smooth and immaculate. With a melody, vocal runs, and crazy background harmonies that will send you into pure ecstasy, Sugarcane is too sweet. It is premium African music, a fantastic contemporary blend of soulful R&B with jazzy Afrobeats. The rhythm dotes on you with theatrics and like a well-slathered butter on bread, Oladapo feeds the experience a thousand percent, his vocals are a definitive match to the powerful music. For your benefit, check out Oladapo’s new jam, “Sugarcane”, wickedly sultry and bound to keep you hooked. 

WALE ICE - Rhythm & Redemption

         Still digging into the bag of goodies from last Friday, WALE ICE, dropped a 2-pack release called “Rhythm & Redemption” featuring tracks; “Waiting” and “Rhythm & Bass”. WALE ICE is a rising artiste from Lagos State, Nigeria, who started his musical journey in 2018 when he dropped his first single ‘Wanting’ , a new kid on the block finding his way in the music world. On Friday he gave us, ‘Rhythm & Bass ’, a groovy Afrobeats/Amapiano party anthem, and ‘Waiting’ a more Afro-Hiphop feel, featuring Midday. Check out “Rhythm and Redemption”.

Liz Perry - Love & Money

        After her debut release back in 2020, Liz Perry is sliding back into the music scene with a big bang, on her latest track “Love & Money”. Bigger, better, and hotter, she gives us something new to keep on our lips and stay flowing in our ears. Love & Money, is a smooth sensation that places Love & Money, as a package deal. Serenading it up she shows us an honest desire for the good parts from both sides, reaffirming the day-old statement that ‘love is sweet, when money enters love is sweeter’. So if you’re a lover of both like Liz Perry, check out “Love & Money”.

SaCredd - Bend

         Ending the day the right way, here’s SaCredd’s new party anthem “Bend”. On this one, you are hit with anticipation for the madness from the very beginning, and you sure as hell won’t be disappointed! “Bend” is exactly the kind of song that keeps the party alive, with its riveting, contagious energy! It’s an Afrobeats, Amapiano jam, the kind that screams, ‘let’s turn this up to the next level’! So check outBend” by SaCredd.