ArtistsBlack Panther Princess
Oehhhh have you seen Ciara's black panther halloween costume? Oh boy! You missed a lot! She definietly came to impress. Ciara channeled her inner Lupita Nyongo as the fearless…
NewsWHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE TRAGIC DEATH OF XXXTENTACION
Monday evening, june 18th, XXXTENTACION was brutally murdered at the age of 20. The internet erupted. The youth was stanning for him and was even calling him the 2pac of the…
GeneralOSHUN: On the rise
Alkebulan had the chance to interview Oshun. This conversation took place in a cab on their way back from a photo shoot. The two beautiful girls; Niambi and Thandi enlighten us…
GeneralWhat's up with Ye?
It doesn't matter how much time passes, he will never loose his abillity to piss the people off. After total radio silence mr. West pops up on twitter out of the blue and…
ArtistsColoured Goodies Doll goes international
The first black doll shop in Europe gave a beautiful doll to The Game which was a special present for his daughter! Ellen Brudet, the Surinam founder of 'Coloured Goodies' woke…
ArtistsVideo alert: SZA - Doves in the wind
SZA dropped the video for Doves in the wind ft Kendrick Lamar. Inspired by old kung-fu movies, the video is definitely worth watching. Check it out and tell us what you think.…
GeneralRapper Boef breaking records with personal song
We can't ignore this force anymore. It seems that whatever rapper Boef touches turns into gold. Setting the bar very high within the Dutch music industry. Fresh from his…
ArtistsPoetic justice
Clearly, some of us have been living under a rock. I am talking about those who haven't heard about the concept:'Woorden worden Zinnen' (=words become sentences) before. On May…
MusicZwart Licht newest album Bliksem is out now
Dutch hip hop act Zwart Licht released their new album Bliksem which tranlates to thunder. And boy do they bring that THUNDER! Known for their grimey beats and sharp lyrics,…
NewsMHD & WIZKID WORKING ON HITS
MHD teased his followers on IG by showing a clip of him alongside Wizkid with #2018ForReal. Will this mean that they might be working on a hit? We sure hope so, since we are…
NewsRAY FUEGO DROPS NEW PROJECT ZWART
Dutch artist Ray Fuego releases his new project called Zwart. Ray Fuego is an artist that does not look and act like the status quo and that is what we love about him. This new…
GeneralHow I rekindled with hiphop by watching the women of Love & Hip Hop
Call me old-fashioned but I don’t fucks with the 'chains, Bugatti’s and million dollar rings' kind of hiphop. I fell in love with the hiphop of Common. The way he used a…
GeneralThe Search for African countries on Spotify
An ear worm. According to Wikipedia : 'an catchy piece of music that continuously repeats through your mind after it is no longer playing' . As you can imagine, this can be…
MusicAlkebulan in the City: Utrecht
This week, our reporter Patrick has been walking the streets of a Dutch city again with the intend to get people to start a new kind of conversation again. “What does culture…
MusicAlkebulan In The City: Leiden
Every week, one of our reporters is going to visit one of the cities in Holland to ask people on the street about their opinion about certain subjects. For this first week, I,…
NewsPHILOU LOUZOLO NEW CURATOR FOR 22TRACKS
We are very proud to say that Philou Louzolo, family member of Alkebulan since day one, will be curating his very own playlist on 22tracks in Amsterdam. Philou Louzolo bleeped…
NewsPHILOU LOUZOLO IS AN ONE OF A KIND MAN THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
For the Alkebulan project West African EP, Philou Louzolo teamed up with Rapper Cool joe . The track will soon be released on Spotify and other streaming sites. But before all…
West AfricaHEATHER AGYEPONG IS YOUR NEW FAVOURITE VISUAL ARTIST
While we were roaming the web looking for talented people for volume 1 of the Alkebulan bookseries, we came across this beautiful series of photographs by Heather Agypong. We…