Namibian Hip-Hop artist Sunny Boy made his debut in his 2005 album Young, Black en Gifted. His music, lyrics, and lifestyle are vehemently pro-Black. He is not only a Hip-Hop artist but he fuses South Africa’s house music variant Kwaito with Hip-Hop in a unique genre called Hikwa. He is known for his skills as a socially conscious and talented lyricist. And he was an ambassador of the Namibia Red Cross Society. So his music and values truly embody being woke.

His song “African Queen” from his 2016 album Ependafule is a great song that throws a wrench in Hip-Hop’s obsession with glorifying/ idolizing non-Black women and comparatively shaming black women. Posing his ideal woman as a natural African woman is completely different than what is seen in American Hip-Hop where proximity to blackness and natural women in general are not seen desirably. Often American Hip-Hop uses terminology like “snow bunny” to glorify White women as the most desirable, and describing BBLs as ideal bodies rarely is a celebration of black women, especially not African descended women seen in American Hip-Hop. This song holds to his incredibly pro-Black values and is refreshing to see black-African women being celebrated and desired in Hip-Hop. But he does not solely sexualize African women which is an issue prevalently faced by black women, he describes them as “my African angel”. This description completely rejects the stereotypes held about black women and paints a femininity and softness that is not often extended to black women. Because of his values and upbeat, unique, and lyrically talented music, Sunny Boy is certainly worth checking out and supporting.