As a part of the second annual STAMPED By EBONY sequence for Black Music Month, this 12 months’s theme—“The Headliner”—celebrates the artists who dominate our group chats, are driving the cultural zeitgeist, but additionally have ascended from early beginnings to bona fide superstars.
Black music’s affect spans each nook of worldwide tradition: from the fun of discovering a brand new voice with associates to watching that very same act graduate from free mall exhibits to sold-out stadiums, like Travis Scott. French-Haitian crooner Joé Dwèt Filé has lengthy cultivated a loyal following, however a newly widened urge for food for the Black diaspora’s many sounds is propelling him to worldwide acclaim.
Former child-star alumni Coco Jones and Leon Thomas have shed their Disney and Nickelodeon pasts to develop into bona fide headliners, packing venues with ease, with their Why Not Extra? And Mutt releases respectively. Boundary-pushers like FKA twigs and Tanner Adell are increasing the dialog round Black innovation, whereas Cleo Sol and Samara Pleasure usher in a brand new period of soul. On the rap entrance, web mainstays Rob49 and BigXthaPlug are waving the flag for hip-hop’s subsequent era. Every of those names isn’t simply making noise—they’re reshaping it, incomes their stamp as EBONY’s 2025 Headliners.
Try the total listing right here on EBONY.com. Miss the listing final 12 months? Check out the 2024 Black Music Month “Freedom” curation of STAMPED.