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Mello & Sleazy
Mello & Sleazy, who release music as Mellow & Sleazy, are a South African amapiano and Bacardi production duo from Tshwane, known for the 2021 hit "Bopha".
Mellow & Sleazy
Mellow & Sleazy, also known as Bafana Ba Kwa-kwa, are a South African amapiano production duo from Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa who spearheaded the bacardi-infused wing of amapiano from 2021.
Messi Martin
Messi Martin, also known as Martin Messi Me Nkonda (1946–2005), was a Cameroonian guitarist, singer, composer, and bandleader of Los Camaroes, considered the father of modern bikutsi.
Mfaz' Omnyama
Mfaz' Omnyama, born Mphatheni Khumalo, was a South African maskandi singer and left-handed guitarist from Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, who recorded for Gallo from 1993 until his death in 2001.
MFR Souls
MFR Souls, also known as Maero & Force Reloaded, are a South African DJ and production duo from Katlehong, Johannesburg, widely credited as pioneers of amapiano.
Mika Mendes
Mika Mendes, born Mickael Mendes in 1982 in Nice, is a French singer of Cape Verdean descent, son of morna singer Boy Gê Mendes, known for zouk and kizomba.
Mlindo The Vocalist
Mlindo The Vocalist, born Lindokuhle Magedezi in 1995 in Port Shepstone, is a South African Afrosoul singer whose 2018 breakout single "AmaBlesser" with DJ Maphorisa led to three studio albums.
Molière (musician)
Molière, the stage name of Ogou Maxime, is an Ivorian zouglou singer and songwriter born in Abidjan in the early 1980s, known as the zouglou lyricist.
Monique Séka
Monique Séka is an Ivorian singer born in 1965 in Abidjan, known across Africa as the "Queen of Afro-zouk" for fusing Antillean zouk with traditional Ivorian rhythms.
Morale (musician)
Morale is the stage name of Thabo Malefane, a South African hip hop artist from Soweto known as "Mr Jo'burg", who broke through with the 2006 mixtape Rising Son.
Mory Kanté
Mory Kanté (1950–2020) was a Guinean griot singer and kora player whose 1987 single "Yé ké yé ké" was the first African single to sell a million copies.
Moshito Music Conference
Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition, Moshito, is an annual music industry conference and exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2004 as a pan-African answer to Midem.
Motswako
Motswako is a Southern African hip-hop style mixing Setswana and English raps, rooted in Botswana and Mahikeng, South Africa, and carried by artists such as HHP and Cassper Nyovest.
Mowzey Radio
Mowzey Radio, born Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo, was a Ugandan singer and songwriter, one half of the pop duo Radio & Weasel, who died in 2018.
Mpasho News
Mpasho News, at mpasho.co.ke, is a Kenyan entertainment, celebrity, and lifestyle news website founded in 2014 by former Ghafla employees and owned by Radio Africa Limited.
Mqobi Yazo
Mqobi Yazo is the stage name of Lindokuhle Mnqobi Msimango, a South African singer from KwaZulu-Natal whose isiZulu Afropop and Afro-soul albums, built on maskandi and isicathamiya, are certified Platinum.
Mr JazziQ
Mr JazziQ, born Tumelo Manyoni in 1995, is a South African amapiano DJ and producer from Alexandra, Johannesburg, who emerged in the duo JazziDisciples before going solo in 2020.
Mr Selwyn
Mr Selwyn, born Selwyn Ngwenya, is a South African rapper of the early-2000s commercial hip hop wave, best known for the SAMA-winning album The Formula (2004).
Mr. Bow
Mr. Bow (Salvador Pedro Maiaze, also known as Bawito) is a Mozambican singer, producer, and businessman who sings in Changana and Portuguese and founded the label Bawito Music.
Mr. Lenny & Kunguru
Mr. Lenny & Kunguru were a pairing of Kenyan solo artists on the Ogopa Deejays label whose hits, including "African Woman" and "Baby Don't Go", defined Nairobi's early-2000s kapuka scene.
Mr. Nice (musician)
Mr. Nice, real name Lucas Mkenda, is a Tanzanian bongo flava singer whose TAKEU sound dominated East African music in the 2000s, with hits like "Kikulacho" and "Fagilia".
Mshoza
Mshoza, born Nomasonto Maswanganyi, was a South African kwaito singer from Soweto billed the First Lady of Kwaito, best known for the hit "Kortes"; she died in 2020 at 37.
Murumba Pitch
Murumba Pitch is a South African amapiano duo of Emmanuel Mathye and Innocent "Maeywon" Mangolo, formed in Limpopo in 2012 and known for "Wena Dali" and "Hamba Juba".
Muthaland Entertainment
Muthaland Entertainment is an independent South African record label and production house in Johannesburg, founded by Lance Stehr in 2009 as the sister company of Ghetto Ruff.
Mwana FA
Mwana FA, real name Hamisi Mwinjuma, is a Tanzanian bongo flava rapper active since the mid-1990s who broke through in 2002 with Ingekuwa Vipi and has served as MP for Muheza since 2020.
Mx Blouse
Mx Blouse is the professional name of Sandiso Ngubane, a non-binary South African rapper based in Johannesburg, born in Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal, known for blending rap, R&B, kwaito, and jazz.
Myztro
Myztro (Tshiamiso Sekowe) is a South African amapiano producer and DJ from Soshanguve, Pretoria, known for the EP 2.0 Nkwari and singles 'Tobetsa' and '66'.
MzVee
MzVee is the stage name of Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, a Ghanaian singer in afropop, afrobeats, dancehall, and R&B who won New Artiste of the Year at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards.
Nacee
Nacee, born Nana Kweku Osei in 1976, is a Ghanaian gospel singer, songwriter, and producer who co-founded No Tribe and won Best Gospel Artiste at the 2024 Telecel Ghana Music Awards.
Nameless
Nameless is the stage name of David Mathenge, a Kenyan singer and rapper known for "Ninanoki" and "Boomba Train" who helped define the kapuka sound of early-2000s Kenyan pop.