And Billboard is dedicating a spotlight to them through our new African Rookie of the Month series, which Odeal kicked off in January and Qing Madi is continuing in February. Trending on Billboard ...

The Ma'di Bowl Lyre music and dance is one of the oldest cultural practices of the Ma'di people of Uganda. The traditional songs and dances, performed for various occasions, including weddings and to ...

Madi Diaz is brazen, bold ... one of the biggest rising alternative-indie stars in Nashville and the wider music scene. In one of her songs, Diaz asks her then partner if their intense love ...

Madi Saskia had nobody to turn to after her music led to her being bullied online Up-and-coming musicians are often subjected to online trolling but do not have support networks in place to help ...

“He created this safe space where I could create my music even though I didn’t have a platform or anyone that was going to download it,” Madi, now 18, tells Billboard at Soho Warehouse in ...