Naya Ali

A breath of fresh air on the Canadian music scene, this rapper from Montreal via Ethiopia quickly moves from urban pop to dancehall rhythms and French to English, but without limiting herself to a defined musical agenda, as can be heard on the albums Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude) and Godspeed: Elevated. With the help of Adrian X (a Drake collaborator), Naya Ali’s gift for storytelling has critics comparing her to Kendrick Lamar and Lauren Hill.