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Jeune Afrique
Jeune Afrique is a Paris-based francophone pan-African news magazine founded in 1960 in Tunis by Béchir Ben Yahmed, weekly for six decades before becoming monthly in 2020.
Jewel Ackah
Jewel Ackah (1945–2018) was a Ghanaian highlife singer and drummer known as the Prince of Hi-Life, who recorded over 27 albums and composed the National Democratic Congress anthem.
JK (Zambian singer)
JK is the stage name of Jordan Katembula, a Zambian singer and producer born in 1978 in Ndola, known as a pioneer of the Zed Beats pop sound.
Joh Makini
Joh Makini, born John Simon Mseke in 1980, is a Tanzanian hip hop rapper from Arusha who broke through with "Chochote Popote" (2006) and founded the label Makini Music.
John Kudusay
John Kudusay is the stage name of John Ngong Longar Mou, a South Sudanese singer and former SPLA soldier from Aweil whose Dinka songs made him a veteran figure of South Sudanese music.
John Wick (music)
"John Wick" is a 2021 amapiano single by South African producer De Mthuda featuring Sir Trill and Da Muziqal Chef, certified Double Platinum in 2021.
Johnny Bokelo Isenge
Johnny Bokelo Isenge, born Jean Bokelo Isenge, was a Congolese guitarist and bandleader in Kinshasa who led the Conga orchestras until his death in 1995.
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler is a South African singer, guitarist, and songwriter from Cape Town who rose from child stardom under apartheid to an international pop and jazz career.
Jovi
Jovi is a Cameroonian rapper, sound engineer, and producer from Douala who founded New Bell Music and pioneered Mboko, a style fusing Cameroonian rhythms with trap and electronic production.
Jovial
Jovial, born Juliet Miriam Ayub, is a Kenyan Afro-pop singer from Mombasa based in Nairobi, who rose to fame in 2019 through the Otile Brown duet "Zichune".
Just a Band
Just a Band is a Kenyan electronic and art band formed in 2003 at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, best known for the viral 2010 video "Ha-He" and its kung-fu hero Makmende.
Justinian Tamusuza
Justinian Tamusuza is a Ugandan composer of contemporary art music, described as Uganda's foremost living composer, whose string quartet appeared on the Kronos Quartet's 1992 album Pieces of Africa.
K-Tino
K-Tino, born Catherine Edoa Ngoa in 1966 in Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian bikutsi singer known as "la femme du peuple" and the mother of modern bikutsi.
K.O (musician)
K.O, also known as Mr Cashtime, is the stage name of South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli, who created the skhanda subgenre of kwaito and hip hop.
Kader Japonais
Kader Japonais, stage name of Abdelkader Haibaoui, is an Algerian raï singer born in 1979 in Algiers, known for hits like "Nti Sbabi" and "Waalach".
Kalash Criminel
Kalash Criminel (born Amira Kiziamina, 1995, Kinshasa) is a French-Congolese rapper from Sevran who performs in a balaclava, mixes Lingala with French, and addresses racism and Françafrique.
Kanté Manfila
Kanté Manfila, also written Kante Manfila, was a Guinean guitarist, singer, and bandleader who led Les Ambassadeurs alongside Salif Keita, with whom he recorded the hit "Mandjou".
Karun
Karun, stage name of Karungari Mungai, is a Kenyan singer-songwriter in Nairobi known for alternative R&B, who broke out with Camp Mulla and later released the EP Eternal in 2026.
Kawabanga
Kawabanga (born Adu Sarfo Patrick, 1996) is a Ghanaian rapper and songwriter from Kumasi, a central figure of the asakaa drill scene and member of the Asakaa Boys.
Kaya 959
Kaya 959, formerly Kaya FM, is a commercial radio station broadcasting on 95.9 FM to Greater Johannesburg since 1997, aimed at the urban black middle class of Gauteng.
KeBlack
KeBlack is the stage name of Cédric Mateta Nkomi, a French rapper and singer of Congolese origin who broke through in 2016 with the diamond hit 'Bazardée'.
Keko
Keko, born Jocelyne Tracey Keko, is a Ugandan rapper who broke through with "How We Do It" in 2011 and signed with Sony Music in 2012.
Kelly Khumalo
Kelly Khumalo is a South African singer, born in 1984, who moved from Afro pop to gospel, won a SAMA award, and released eleven studio albums.
Kenny Sol
Kenny Sol, born Rusanganwa Norbert, is a Rwandan Afrobeats and R&B singer and producer based in Kigali who rose from the boy band Yemba Voice to a solo career.
Khadija Kopa
Khadija Kopa, born 1963 in Zanzibar, is a Tanzanian taarab singer and songwriter known as the "Queen of Mipasho" and the mother of bongo flava star Zuchu.
Khaid
Khaid, born Sulaimon Shekoni Solomon in 2004, is a Nigerian singer and rapper blending Afrobeats and trap, known for the 2022 breakout single "With You".
Khalil Harrison
Khalil Harrison (born Mxolisi Nkosi) is a South African amapiano producer, singer, and songwriter from Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, who broke out in 2023 with the hit single "Jealousy".
Khanyisa Jaceni
Khanyisa Jaceni, who performs as Khanyisa, is a South African amapiano singer-songwriter from Embalenhle, Mpumalanga, who rose from viral TikTok covers to hits like 'Bheka Mina Ngedwa'.
Kilifi New Year
Kilifi New Year, known since 2017 as the Beneath the Baobabs Festival, is an annual New Year music festival in Kilifi on the Kenyan coast, described as Kenya's leading alternative music festival.
King James (musician)
King James, born James Ruhumuriza, is a Rwandan R&B and afrobeats singer from Kigali who began recording in 2006 at age 16 and became one of Rwanda's most popular artists.