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Rapper, singer and producer from Kenya

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The new EP besides you is out now.

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Now streaming

besides you

EP, 2026, six tracks. The first of three EPs that follow one relationship from the first rush to the replay.

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Discography

  1. besides you · EP
  2. Clutch My Bag · Single
  3. Stop It · Single
  4. So Bad · Single
  5. teflon · Single
  6. COMPLICATED · Single
  7. SORE LOSER · Single
  8. gin and wine (Remix) · Single
  9. ITS NOT THAT DEEP · EP
  10. can't stand it · Single
  11. Motorola Money · Single
  12. gin and wine (ginuwine) · Single
  13. NYDFRYSTL · Single
  14. Love Being Used · Single
  15. Cap Chronicles · Single
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The story

Love, in three EPs.

  1. 01

    Chapter one

    besides you

    Out now
  2. 02

    Chapter two

    Still to come

    Soon
  3. 03

    Chapter three

    Still to come

    Soon

“All I want to be is besides you.”

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Nyathigi Gatere is a rapper, singer and producer from Mombasa, Kenya, who records as tg.blk. Raised on Timbaland and boom-bap, she taught herself to rap and produce, and she has built her career independently.

  1. Then

    Fan fiction first

    Before she wrote songs, she wrote fan fiction.

  2. Dorm-room beginnings

    She started recording and producing while studying abroad, then came home to Mombasa to find her sound.

  3. Love Being Used

    It travelled across the region and collected millions of streams.

  4. ITS NOT THAT DEEP

    Her six-track EP, released independently.

  5. Spotify EQUAL Africa

    Named the programme’s artist for July, and part of Apple Music’s Africa Rising class of 2026.

  6. Now

    Monthly confessions

    Her relationship Q&As on Instagram blew up, and she wants to keep talking with the community that grew around them.

Start with

  • Clutch My Bag
  • Stop It
  • So Bad

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