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Loony Johnson
Loony Johnson, also known as Mocinho, is the stage name of António Miranda, a Cape Verdean singer, songwriter, and producer born in Lisbon in 1981.
Lusafrica
Lusafrica is an independent French record label founded in Paris in 1988 by José da Silva, best known for launching the Cape Verdean morna singer Cesária Évora to global fame.
Lynx Entertainment
Lynx Entertainment is a Ghanaian music company founded in 2006 by Richie Mensah, best known as the label that developed KiDi, Kuami Eugene, and MzVee.
M.I Abaga
M.I Abaga is the stage name of Jude Lemfani Abaga, a Nigerian rapper from Jos whose 2008 debut album Talk About It reshaped Nigerian hip-hop.
Maandy
Maandy (Amanda Mitchelle Wambui) is a Kenyan rapper, singer, and songwriter from Nairobi known as Manzi wa Nairobi, active since 2016 with albums Kabaya, Frisky, and Flavour.
Mabala Noise
Mabala Noise, also known as Emabalabala or Mabalabala Entertainment, is a South African record label co-owned by DJ Bongz and Reggie Nkabinde, prominent from 2016.
Mabulu
Mabulu is a Mozambican band formed in Maputo around 2000, whose name means 'to seek dialogue' in Changana; it pairs marrabenta with soul and hip-hop, releasing Karimbo and Soul Marrabenta.
Made Kuti
Made Kuti, also known as Made Anikulapo-Kuti, is a Nigerian Afrobeat multi-instrumentalist, son of Femi and grandson of Fela Kuti, born in Lagos in 1996.
Madilu System
Madilu System, born Jean de Dieu Bialu Makiese (1950–2007), was a Congolese rumba singer, lead voice on TPOK Jazz's hit "Mario", later called Congo's King of Rumba.
Madingo Afework
Madingo Afework was an Ethiopian singer from Gondar who rose from the azmari tradition to national fame, releasing albums including Aydergem before his death in 2022.
Madtraxx
Madtraxx, born George Mugai and nicknamed Maddy, is a Kenyan rapper, producer, DJ, and emcee who debuted in 2007 with "Boda Boda" and fronted The Kansoul.
Maes
Maes is the stage name of Walid Georgey, born in 1995, a French rapper of Moroccan origin from Sevran whose 2020 album Les Derniers Salopards reached number one in France.
Magic System
Magic System is an Ivorian zouglou group formed in Abidjan in 1996 by A'Salfo, Manadja, Tino, and Goudé, known for "1er Gaou" (1999) and "Magic in the Air" (2014).
Magicsticks
Magicsticks, born Kareem Olasunkanmi Temitayo in Lagos in 1994, is a Nigerian record producer and DJ best known as the longtime production partner of Afrobeats singer Asake.
Maglera Doe Boy
Maglera Doe Boy, born Tokelo Moyakhe, is a South African rapper from Kanana township near Klerksdorp whose STRAATA style blends Motswako with West Coast gangster rap.
Mahlathini
Mahlathini, born Simon Nkabinde in 1938, was a South African mbaqanga vocalist whose groaning ultra-bass voice defined the township style as leader of Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens.
Makhadzi
Makhadzi, born Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona in 1996, is a South African singer from Limpopo who sings in Tshivenda, blending amapiano and house rhythms with traditional Venda music, and won a BET Award.
Marioo
Marioo, born Omary Ally Mwanga in 1995, is a Tanzanian bongo flava singer and songwriter whose 2018 debut single "Dar Kugumu" reached number one on nearly all Tanzanian radio.
MashBeatz
MashBeatz, born Nhlawulo Shipambuli Mashimbyi in 1994, is a prolific South African hip hop producer who was A-Reece's main producer and co-founded The Wrecking Crew.
Maskandi
Maskandi, also written maskanda, is a Zulu folk-popular music genre marked by fast guitar picking and blues-style vocals, developed by migrant workers in the early twentieth century.
Mavin Global Holdings
Mavin Global Holdings is a UK-registered holding company that owns Mavin Records, the Lagos-based Afrobeats label founded by Don Jazzy in 2012, in which Universal Music Group took a majority stake in 2024.
Mavin Records
Mavin Records, also known as the Supreme Mavin Dynasty, is a Nigerian record label founded in Lagos in 2012 by producer Don Jazzy, home to Rema and Ayra Starr.
May D (musician)
May D (Akinmayokun Awodumila) is a Nigerian Afropop singer, songwriter, and dancer from Warri who runs Confam Entertainment, known for "Ile Ijo" and "Chop My Money" with P-Square.
Maya Kamaty
Maya Kamaty is a singer from Réunion, France, and the daughter of Ziskakan leader Gilbert Pounia, who fuses traditional maloya with folk, electro-pop, and urban rhythms.
Mayorkun
Mayorkun, born Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel in 1994, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer discovered by Davido in 2016, known for "Eleko" and charting albums like Still The Mayor.
Mayra Andrade
Mayra Andrade is a Cape Verdean singer and songwriter, born in Cuba to Cape Verdean parents, whose 2006 debut album Navega sold more than 80,000 copies.
Mbalax fusion
Mbalax fusion is the Senegalese popular music, centered in Dakar, that blends mbalax's sabar-driven core with hip-hop production and, on its melodic side, keyboard-based electronic arrangements.
Mbuxx
Mbuxx is the stage name of Mbulelo Majaja, a South African amapiano producer from Soshanguve, Tshwane, whose breakthrough came with the Thatha Lento EP with Myztro in 2024.
Meddy
Meddy (Ngabo Médard Jobert, born 1989) is a Rwandan R&B, Afro-pop, and gospel singer based in the United States since 2010, best known for "Slowly".
Meiway & Le Zo Gang
Meiway & Le Zo Gang is the Ivorian band of the singer Meiway, creator of zoblazo, a percussion-driven dance music he has led since the late 1980s.