Empowering African voices.Building global brandsand cultural ambassadors.

rain.labs

In partnership with

Virgin Music Group
Roster

African independent artists, built as cultural brands.

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rain.labs

A cultural company, not an agency

rain.labs builds African independent artists into globally relevant cultural brands.

Culture never stands still. People’s stories, their motivation and passion constantly evolve. Only by staying close to these stories can we create cultures and experiences people truly care about.

By fully understanding culture, we help African musicians and brands to become part of the conversation, globally.

Capabilities

Four pillars, one ecosystem

Full capabilities →
  1. Pillar 01

    Label Services

  2. Pillar 02

    Artist Development

  3. Pillar 03

    Global Distribution

  4. Pillar 04

    Commercial and Partnerships

Live & partnerships

Experiences

Shows, brand rooms and writing camps: the live and partnership side of the pipeline.

  • ShowAccra

    PJ Morton

    Live show

    Grammy-nominated album
  • EventAccra

    Africa House × Audiomack, Accra

    Brand & platform partnership

  • CampAccra

    CNM International Songwriting Sessions: West Africa

    French Embassy / CNM

    33 songs in five days

Selected work

Success stories

Artists we’ve built with, and the projects we have amplified.

All stories
Island 54 · Stefflon Don

01 / 052024 · Africa / London / New York / Los Angeles

Stefflon Don

A debut-album DSP campaign led across Africa and co-run in the UK and US, multi-territory YouTube Music out-of-home, four playlist covers and 400k+ first-week streams.

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Diamond Baby

Mellissa