Talk about catching them young. The Bird's Evidence, an anthology of 18 short stories, majority of which were written by the students of Government Technical College, Ungoggo, Kano state, delivers on two levels. First, it represents the determination... more info

Nialler9 — Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema debut album Black Diamond came out week and the band have released a 20 minute mixtape full of banging ghettotech tunes, mostly their own. The Kano collaboration sounds really good here and I’m liking Drop the Limeâ€... more info

AngryApe — Featuring Mark Ronson, Kano, Hot Chip and more more info

Pitchfork — Diplo will release a compilation called Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works: Volume One worldwide on January 26 via Big Dada/Ninja Tune. True to Diplo's eclectic and collaborative form, the disc is loaded with original tracks and remixes he h... more info

Get Weird — Buraka Som Sistema are set to release their debut album ‘Black Diamond’ on November 12th through Fabric London and it’ll feature guest vocals from M.I.A, Kano, Pongolove, Petty, Bruno M, Saborosa, Puto Prata, Deize Tirgrona and DJ Znobia.... more info

The Lipster — Quite why Kano is not number one in every country in the world is a poser which has us scratching our barnet on the daily. Especially given that 140 Grime Street is quite literally AMAZING. 'I got so many garms, I'm clobbered' he says. Our review, in... more info

MTV.co.uk News — This week sees the release of albums from two of the UK's biggest urban stars, but who's 50 and who's Kanye?...... more info

Guardian Music — Tremendously heartening - the sound of an artist back on the right path, writes Alex Macpherson more info