Naya Ali

The Sound of October 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases

PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2021

October is typically spooky season, but this month's essential new releases are anything but — they're warm and inviting, traversing the sp...

M for Montreal Gets Backxwash, Yoo Doo Right, Zoon for 2021 Official Selection

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2021

M for Montreal has announced the first round of flagship Official Selection artists for its 16th edition. Recognized as Quebec's most impo...

Naya Ali Reaches New Heights with 'Godspeed: Elevated'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2021

Rapper Naya Ali has spent most of the summer on the road promoting her sophomore album Godspeed: Elevated. Travelling inwards to further he...

Here Are the Winners of the First Black Canadian Music Awards

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2021

Today the winners have been announced for the first-ever Black Canadian Music Awards, and among the winning artists are TOBi, Naya Ali, RAA...

Naya Ali

Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude)

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2020

Since first releasing "Ra Ra" in 2017 and following up with her Higher Self EP in 2018, Montreal-based rapper Naya Ali has been slowly expa...

12 Emerging Canadian Artists Who Would've Crushed SXSW This Week

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2020

When the world started shutting down all public gatherings due to the global spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), SXSW was among the first in...

Stream Naya Ali's Debut Album 'Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude)'

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2020

We're certain Naya Ali would have lit up SXSW this week had it not been cancelled, but it hasn't stopped the Montreal-based rapper from rol...

Five Acts We Loved at M for Montreal: Naya Ali, Close Talker, Lydia Képinksi, Badge Époque Ensemble, WHOOP-Szo

Montreal QC, November 20 to 23, 2019

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2019

Quebec's annual music festival M for Montreal kicked off last week, and with it, the emergence of dozens of on-the-rise performers both loc...