Nigerian music star Adekunle Gold has announced that his sixth studio album, titled Fuji, will be released on October 3, 2025. The project, revealed on September 9, marks his boldest creative direction yet and has sparked conversations about whether he can finally give Fuji music a platform in the mainstream.
Fuji, a Yoruba-rooted genre that fuses percussion-heavy rhythms with storytelling and vibrant performance culture, has long influenced Afrobeats. Yet, despite shaping the sound of several superstars, it has remained largely in the background.