

Born in Nigeria and Ghana, Afrobeats has become one of the most eclectic—and exportable—sounds in contemporary music, often incorporating everything from rap and dancehall to R&B and house. At the top of the playlist this week is new music from OMAH LAY’s CLARITY OF MIND, an album the Port Harcourt singer says is a reflection of a new-found peace. “I decided to, like, chill for a minute, like, take care of myself, take care of my family, put my mind back in the right space,” LAY tells Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio. “It feels like I’ve just been inside doing all this healing, all this self-growth, and I looked at a bunch of records that I made during this time and I’m like, ‘Yeah, this is CLARITY OF MIND.’” Hear new music from OMAH LAY on Afrobeats Hits, alongside the rest of the infectious if indefinable sound of 21st-century Africa, and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.