Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe otherwise known as Ayra Starr in the music world has emerged as Spotify’s Equal Africa and Global Artist for the month of May.
She joins fellow Nigerian Tiwa Savage, who is the only other African artist to be both the Spotify EQUAL Africa and Global artist.
Ayra Starr, whose February release, Commas already has over 35 million streams on Spotify, spoke on her expressive musical style that has helped her craft a niche in the music industry, and what it means to her being selected as Spotify’s EQUAL artist.
“I would describe my sound as highly vibrational, eccentric, unique, and beautiful,” says, describing her style of music.
Reacting to the honour, she adds, “I am grateful to become a Spotify EQUAL Ambassador. It means so much to me to be able to represent women in Afrobeats and African women in general. There are so many women in music right now and the EQUAL program is doing a great job in highlighting their hard work”.
“It means everything to me because I am a girl and I have to support my gender and level the playing field.”
Text except headline courtesy Vanguard
