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Ayra Starr Maps Out 2027 Starrgirl World Tour, From African Roots to Full Self-Acceptance
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Ayra Starr Maps Out 2027 Starrgirl World Tour, From African Roots to Full Self-Acceptance

The Afrobeats star kicks off her Starrgirl world tour in January 2027 with 20 shows across Europe, the UK, and North America, tracing her album's journey from striving to "become" to simply "being."

What to know | Storm Wrecks the Stage the Night Before, But AfroPlus Fest Still Gives the Afro Diaspora a Home in DC
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What to know | Storm Wrecks the Stage the Night Before, But AfroPlus Fest Still Gives the Afro Diaspora a Home in DC

The key details: The night before doors opened, a storm tore the stage apart. AfroPlus Fest went on anyway. Now in its second year, North America's biggest Afro-Caribbean hip-hop festival pulled crowds from Ghana, Jamaica, London, and Baltimore into Washington DC, where music became the thing that reconnected everyone to their roots.

Victony Just Wanted to Drop an EP, Instead He Made an R&B-Soaked Album Called STARLIFE
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Victony Just Wanted to Drop an EP, Instead He Made an R&B-Soaked Album Called STARLIFE

Nigerian singer Victony teamed up with producer Ozedikus and turned what was supposed to be an EP into his sophomore album STARLIFE, out August 21, with a sound that leans surprisingly heavy into R&B.