Music channel, MTV Base has released it’s 2017 “Ones to Watch” list . The list, which comprises of hand-picked fast rising acts, with hopes of dominating the music scene this, has the likes of Mr Eazi, Wale Turner, Mayorkun, amongst a few others om it.
According to Monde Twala, Vice President, BET, Youth & Music, VIMN Africa, “`Ones to Watch` is our annual curated list of artists who we anticipate great things for in the coming year. It`s awesome to see how far the artists on 2016`s list have come and how much the support we provide has helped these artists build their careers both locally and across the continent.”
Here is the full list:
| Edmasia | Angola |
| Nero Americano | Angola |
| Locko | Cameroon |
| Minks | Cameroon |
| Ezi Emela | England/Nigeria |
| Hiro | France / DRC |
| Boboh | Ghana |
| Capasta | Ghana |
| Eugy | Ghana |
| Teephlow | Ghana |
| Triggmatic | Ghana |
| Wondaboy | Ghana |
| Band BeCa | Kenya |
| Everlast | Kenya |
| Kaligraph Jones | Kenya |
| Timmy Dat | Kenya |
| Videz And Shiv | Kenya |
| Willy Paul | Kenya |
| Filomena Maricoa | Mozambique |
| Laylizzy | Mozambique |
| Dremo | Nigeria |
| Grey C | Nigeria |
| Jilex Anderson | Nigeria |
| Lola Rae | Nigeria |
| Mayorkun | Nigeria |
| Mr.Eazi | Nigeria |
| Ric Hassani | Nigeria |
| Terry Apala | Nigeria |
| Wale Turner | Nigeria |
| Wurld | Nigeria/USA |
| Amanda Black | SA |
| A Reece | SA |
| Bhizer | SA |
| Distruction Boyz | SA |
| DJ Fortee | SA |
| DJ Mdix | SA |
| Easy Freak | SA |
| Frank Casino | SA |
| Gemini Major | SA |
| King Monada | SA |
| KLY | SA |
| Nadia Nakai | SA |
| Sjava | SA |
| Tellaman | SA |
| Tshego | SA |
| Yung Swiss | SA |
| Apple Gule | Swaziland / SA |
| Ben Pol | Tanzania |
| Billnas | Tanzania |
| Harmonize | Tanzania |
| Rayvann | Tanzania |
| Ruby | Tanzania |
| Ceaserous | Uganda |
| Lydia Jasmine | Uganda |
| Ykee Benda | Uganda |
