It's only 20 days into 2024, but Rwandan artistes have already dropped early bangers of the year, with Afropop and hip-hop musicians as frontrunners of the industry in the first month of the year.

From Ish Kevin’s ‘Big Shaq’, the lead track on his debut album ‘BST’ which features Shemi, to Kivumbi’s new hit song ‘Wait’ that was produced by Naxon, the brains behind Josh Baraka’s Nana, The New Times picks the best songs of 2024 so far.

Amalon - D.T.M.N

Amalon starts the year in style with a fresh release 'D.T.M.N' off his upcoming album that also drops before the end of 2024.

Produced by Muriro in the genre of Afrobeats, the song is already mainstream and taking over in pubs and clubs of Kigali.