Beninese-born Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, known professionally as Ayra Starr has written her name among the beat singers in Nigeria as he certified gold in France.
The mavin signees’ “Rush” is a song by Nigerian was released as her debut single on 16 September 2022 by Mavin Records and taken from Starr’s debut studio album 19 & Dangerous, now certified gold in France.
It charted worldwide in 2023 after going viral on TikTok, so far peaking at number 29 in the UK, and in the top 40 in Switzerland and the Netherlands. Prior to the song’s success, Starr was cited by NMEas one of their artists to watch in 2022, describing how she “varies her afro-pop sound perfectly by mixing in hints of R&B or trappy hit-hats”
