Spotify Says Hello To September By Naming Sampa The Great As The EQUAL Africa Artist Of The Month

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She now joins the likes of Simi, Asa, Fave, Ayra Starr, and Gyakie.

Spotify on Friday announced the addition of Zambian-born songwriter, poet, and rapper, Sampa The Great to its list of EQUAL Africa artists who are taking African music to the world. 

EQUAL provides a diverse range of female musicians in Africa with the resources they need to accelerate their career paths and address the gender imbalance that often affects women in the music industry. Artists supported in Spotify’s EQUAL Africa initiative are introduced to a worldwide audience, while also receiving off-platform guidance and tools to help them progress their music careers.

Related: Amaarae Becomes First Spotify EQUAL Africa “Artiste Of The Month” For 2022

Sampa the Great is a poet, lyricist, and visual musician whose insightful and socially conscious music aims to boost, motivate, and encourage progressive change. Her delivery alternates between assertive, confident rap, seamless soul-jazz, and artistic perceptions. Her music is a diverse mix of genres including abstract hip-hop rhythms, African influences and Neo-Soul. Sampa has a passion for poetry and crafts intricate poetic verses, which entice listeners into a beautiful, creative realm. 

 “Spotify is so excited to have Sampa The Great as our EQUAL Africa artist for September. She is a powerful artist who has a  courageous, young mind and is determined to beat all odds stacked up against her,” says Spotify’s head of music for sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu. 

Born Sampa Tembo, she was raised in Botswana, where she discovered her love for hip-hop after hearing 2Pac’s “Changes” as a youngster. She started rapping at a young age and, after relocating to Australia as an adult,  became a fixture in Sydney’s hip-hop scene. 

In her own words:  “As a Zambian woman artist whose career started outside her country, it feels like a full circle moment to be able to relocate back home. Creating a whole album in Zambia and showcasing the range, different genres and amazing art that’s coming from the continent has been a big goal that I’ve infused  into a new wave and genre called Hybrid music.”

To check out Sampa The Greats’ music, tune into her tracks which are featured on the EQUAL Africa and EQUAL Global playlists.

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Mugibson Mugisha
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Mugibson Mugisha Patrick is a freelance digital influencer/ marketer and blogger. He is currently pursuing a Bachelors in Marketing at Makerere University Business school. He previously attended Bishop Cypriano Kihangire SS where he served as Information Prefect, and contributed a couple of articles for the school magazine and at school assemblies between 2014 -2015. Entertainment, arts, and culture chose Mugibson at an early age, and his love for the industry bundled with his passion for writing and journalism birthed his desire to put out publications about entertainment and happenings in his home country Uganda, and selected international content, for cross-boarder readers.

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