DaBaby looks to follow up a strong 2022 campaign with a more remarkable year in 2023. After slinging out a slew of blistering freestyles over tracks including Latto’s “Big Energy” and Burna Boy’s “Last Last,” DaBaby returns with new visuals for his standout track “BLANK’ featuring Anthony Hamilton.

Directed by The Reel Goats, “BLANK” finds the superstar rapper in a precarious situation after sleeping with Anthony Hamilton’s love interest. Hamilton stumbles on the two, making love before attempting to take Baby down.

When he finally gets a hold of Baby, he ties him up and looks to pull the trigger. Unfortunately, those plans go awry creating a jaw-dropping plot twist. “BLANK” resides on Baby’s 2022 project, Baby on Baby 2.

Earlier this month, Baby set foot at Rolling Loud California, and brought his performance prowess to the West Coast. In 2021, Baby maintained his dominance releasing his touted anthems “Red Light Green Light” and “Ball If I Want To,” which saw blistering results, earning over 324 million Global Spotify Streams.DaBaby most recently earned a BET Hip-Hop nomination for Best Group or Duo with Youngboy Never Broke Again.

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Ghanaian and Manner Record songstress and talented female musician, Petrah has released a new song titled “Run” under her record label Manners Records.

“Run” is a new single that comes along with a video talking about love. In the video, Petrah was seen running away from men dressed like priests.

Check out the new song by watching the video below;

The Ghanaian-American polymath Amaarae makes her highly anticipated return with “Reckless & Sweet” and teases fans with news of her next album, Fountain Baby – coming soon via Interscope. (more…)

Ground Up Chale has partnered with Japanese electronic instrument maker, Roland to feature four legendary Ghanaian producers in their latest docuseries, ‘’Beats & Life’’. The four-part docuseries profiles hitmakers MOG Beatz, StreetBeatz, Mix Master Garzy and DJ Breezy as they provide exclusive behind-the-scenes access to their studios and tours around their respective hometowns.

These hitmakers’ production discography reads like a who’s who of the music industry, as they’ve worked with heavyweights such as Davido, Wizkid, Bob Marley, Teni, Shatta Wale, R2Bees, Kevin Gates and Sarkodie.

Founder of Ground Up Chale shared, ‘’This docuseries has been a long time in the making and I’m very happy that we can finally share it with the world. Afrobeat is taking over global airwaves right now and we wanted to celebrate the people who make and dictate the sound; the producers: MOG Beatz, StreetBeatz, Mix Master Garzy and DJ Breezy have been fundamental in laying the groundwork for this now-global sound’’.

‘’Beats & Life’’ is created by the creative agency FORM. Eph Yeboah, the founder of FORM and co-founder of GUTA, Ground Up Chale’s in-house creative agency added, ‘’We wanted to create a docuseries that deep-dived into the history of some of the architects of the Afrobeat sound. These are the people that make us dance, the energy givers. I believed that these people did not receive the recognition they deserved and I wanted to draw attention to them and highlight their contributions’’.

In the first episode of ‘’Beats & Life’, we join one of Ghana’s most celebrated music producers, MOG Beatz. In his episode, MOG takes us behind the scenes and shares insights into his journey as a music producer. From his early beginnings in the industry to his current success, MOG provides a candid and insightful perspective on what it takes to thrive as a music producer in Ghana and beyond.

The episodes will be released weekly on Ground Up Chale’s YouTube channel, with the first episode released on Monday, March 13, 2023.

Ground Up Chale is a creative hub and incubator for emerging music artists founded in Ghana, the driving force behind African youth culture, with offices in Ghana and London.

Roland Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software. Roland has manufactured numerous instruments that have had lasting impacts on music, such as the Juno-106 synthesizer, TB-303 bass synthesizer and TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines.

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A continuation of rising Washington, D.C. star emcee Schlish’s “No Love” series comes a part 3, accessible on the ears and an overall banger. The short but up-tempo track carries a smooth and power-like feel that gives it radio potential and a general sense of pure trap music greatness.

Along with the new audio from the D.C.-bred rapper comes a dope visual shot by Off The Charts Media that takes place in New York City. Schlish and his boys take over a bodega in NYC during fashion week, which gives the video a more personal feel.

The crystal clear quality of the video matches the booming audio, making this one a must-add. Watch the video below.

Houston-bred rapper Yung Pooda unveils his latest music video release, “Already Know,” featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Angelica Vila via It’s a 10 Records. The official music video from the buzzing rapper premiered earlier today via Bet Jams/ YouTube. Recently, Pooda’s latest hit garnered attention on massive coveted playlists such as Spotify’s ‘Most Necessary’ ‘State of Mind,’ ‘B.A.E’ and Apple Music’s ‘Friday Night’ ‘New In Hip Hop’ ‘It’s Lit!’ and ‘BASE:Line.’

Listen to “Already Know” featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Angelica Vila HERE.

Yung Pooda brings the flare from the south to N.Y.C. in the Starr Mazzi-directed music video. The music video draws a distinct vivid picture for the smooth-sailing Cool & Dre produced record complemented by multi-platinum achieving artist A Boogie wit da Hoodie, acclaimed R&B singer Angelica Vila and a special cameo appearance from Grammy-nominated artist Fat Joe who blesses Pooda with a Terror Squad chain and official co-sign.

Within the last few years, Pooda has received critical acclaim for the array of hits he’s released, including “Forever Tippin” with DJ Chose, “Chicken N Grits” with DreamDoll and Trey Songz, “Drop,” and more. Each release has garnered significant press praise, including BET, Revolt, Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Earmik, Lyrical Lemonade, Hot New Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop DX, The Source, Kazi Magazine, Rolling Out, Flaunt Magazine,  and more.

Be on the lookout for Yung Pooda’s debut project Vivid Pictures set to arrive Spring of 2023.