Take a moment to celebrate some of AWAL's incredible Black artists who are making an impact through their music and passionate storytelling. Check out tracks from musicians including AG Club, Serena Isioma, Childish Gambino, Little Simz and more. As we enter into the second half of Black History month, now is the time to press pause and truly reflect on and recognize the contributions Black Americans have made to the course of music history.

Phife Dawg

“You on point, Phife?” “All the time, Tip”

Phife Dawg is in the building, everyone! Legendary hip-hop artist and rapper Phife Dawg teams up with his old friends Busta Rhymez and Redman for the best new jam you'll hear all week: "Nutshell Pt. 2". The infectious, rugged J Dilla produced beat is the perfect appetizer for the exciting upcoming post-humous album from Phife. The song was recorded while he and infamous hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest were working on their last gold selling release We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service and he was able to shoot the music video before his untimely passing in 2016 – which includes performances from Busta and Redman with cameos from Consequence, Peter Rosenberg and none other than Q-tip himself!

Alaina Castillo

"Alaina Castillo is making it clear to the world that the pop crown is within reach" – Ones To Watch

Genre-bending bilingual artist Alaina Castillo unveils her new pop R&B hybrid single “stfu (i got you)", the first song leading up to her debut English album, to be released later this year. Alaina has seen a meteoric rise since her early days recording mega-popular ASMR covers on YouTube which caught the attention of GRAMMY Award-nominated producer RØMANS (Lewis Capaldi, Demi Lovato, Khalid) who has produced all of Alaina's music to date. Streamed and viewed over 120 million times, the Houston-born singer and songwriter builds a wonderful nocturnal world of her own design and we can't wait to see what's next!

Eloise

"She makes music that sounds like the way that falling in love feels" – Billie Eilish

Inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood but grounded in East London culture, Eloise is bursting on to the scene with a new single dripping in soul, "Hungover" - her debut release on AWAL and the follow up to her critically acclaimed EP This Thing Called Living. With only 4 released songs to date, 21 year-old Eloise has already performed more than 100 live shows with Sam Smith and Bruno Major and received major kudos from Billie Eilish and fellow AWAL artist FINNEAS for her inspired lyricism and songwriting. Her new single, which displays her beautifully delicate lilt, is an effortlessly exquisite showing and promise of what's to come from one of the UK's most intriguing new voices.

Beanz

"Her delivery rivals DMX or Lil' Kim" – Screen Rant

What do you get when you mix the fashion sense of Kehlani and Teyana Taylor and the rap skills of Nicki Minaj and J Cole with an artist that shares the same home town as Taylor Swift? A future superstar named Beanz. In her first new single of 2021, Beanz shares her dynamic new track "Trending Topic". Produced by Navi Beats (Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey, Melii, Wiz Khalifa), the new offering is bound to put Beanz on the map as one of the most exciting emerging artists to watch this year.