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The Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx is a culture focused podcast that examines music not merely as entertainment, but as a reflection of society.Hosted by music journalist Femi Makx, the podcast explores the stories, ideas, and social forces shaping today’s music and creative…
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SWAGGU BY SEYI VIBEZ & THE VOLUME OF HIS EVOLUTION (opens the original)
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Seyi Vibez is turning up the volume. On this episode of The Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, we take a closer look at SWAGGU, Seyi Vibez’s latest album and one of the biggest talking points in Nigerian music right now. Across 14 tracks, SWAGGU captures an artiste exploring ambition, success, love, faith, identity, street culture and a growing global reach. From the opening track VOLUME to ILOME, GTA, BACK 2 U, PANSA and the Quavo assisted title track SWAGUU, the project gives us different sides o
AYRA STARR & ZAYN HEAVEN BABY: Why This Collaboration Hits Differently | Artiste Hangout (opens the original)
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Ayra Starr and ZAYN come together on “Heaven Baby,” a collaboration that is quietly becoming one of the most talked-about songs from Ayra Starr’s Starrgirl era. But what exactly makes Heaven Baby stand out? In this episode of Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, we take a closer look at Ayra Starr and ZAYN’s unexpected musical pairing, the song’s emotional pull, its softer sound, the vulnerability in its lyrics, and why listeners appear to be connecting with it differently from some of the bigger, lo
THE POLITICS OF FAME: SOWORE ON DAVIDO, OSUN & ARTISTES IN POLITICS (opens the original)
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What happens when Nigeria’s biggest music stars, celebrity influence and the realities of politics collide? In this compelling episode of The Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, Abisola Omoyeni sits down with Omoyele Sowore for a thought-provoking conversation about Davido, the Osun election, Nigerian artistes in politics, celebrity influence, youth participation and the growing intersection between Afrobeats and Nigerian politics. Abisola Omoyeni is a multi-talented Nigerian media professional know
TEA BY REMA & FEMI MAKX’s REACTION (opens the original)
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Rema is back with “TEA”, and this time, he isn’t trying to tell you a complicated story. He’s flirting. He’s flexing. He’s talking about attraction. And he keeps coming back to one word: TEA. But is there actually more to the song than that? In this episode of Artiste Hangout with Femi Makx, Femi Makx breaks down Rema’s latest release and asks whether listeners are sometimes guilty of expecting too much from artists they admire. Because when it comes to Rema, every new song seems to invite a big
Tyla’s Lagos Show Was Never Just a Concert (opens the original)
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Everyone’s arguing about whether Tyla should’ve cancelled her Lagos show. Femi Makx aka Oluwafemi Makanjuola is asking a different question: what happens when this becomes the new normal? In one week, Tyla’s Nigeria concert disappeared, Ayra Starr got denied entry into South Africa, and a Nigerian senator called for visa retaliation against South African artists. Three separate headlines. One pattern. In this solo breakdown, Femi traces where this is actually heading, and why the artists caught
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