Music Week: Burna Boy's Mother and Manager, Bose Ogulu

For this six-page spread, I spoke with Bose Ogulu, mother and manager of global superstar Burna Boy.

In a frank and inspiring no-holds-barred interview - ahead of winning Manager of the Year winner at the 2022 Artist & Manager Awards - Ogulu opened up about learning from watching her father manage Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, developing her own business acumen, whether Burna Boy will ever fully go independent on their label Spaceship, and how the music industry should do business in Africa.

Music Week: Kanya King FRONT COVER interview!

For the October 2021 COVER of Music Week, I spoke with the QUEEN of MOBO Awards Kanya King CBE, the first woman of colour to win Music Week’s special Strat award in recognition of a pioneering exec. We talked about the peaks and pitfalls of her illustrious career (including industry plots to get rid of MOBO), the state of the Black British music scene right now, and the future of the MOBO brand.

Small Green Shoots & Mahalia

In this four-page special, I spoke to Mahalia and Natalie Wade, founder of Small Green Shoots - a unique grassroots charity that set the singer-songwriter on the road to stardom.