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Tribe Journal

News, stories and reflections from the Tribe — Pop Star behind-the-scenes, Iron Boy deep dives, TGMA recaps, tour reports, and the bigger picture of where the sermon goes next.

19 May 2026

Konongo after the TGMAs — a town responds

We went back home a week after the five-trophy night. What we heard.

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14 May 2026

TGMA 2026 — the night the Tribe won five

Black Sherif walked out of the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards with five trophies. Here's how it happened.

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14 May 2026

Iron Boy summer — twelve cities in one photo essay

From Accra to Atlanta. Frames from the road, captioned by the photographers who were there.

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13 May 2026

The Villain I Never Was — three years on

A retrospective on the debut album that turned a country into a fanbase.

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13 May 2026

The Roundhouse went up — Iron Boy live in London

A photo report and setlist from the sold-out album launch.

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13 May 2026

We went back to Konongo-Zongo — here's what we found

The Tribe travelled to Black Sherif's hometown. Field notes from the Golden City.

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13 May 2026

Pop Star tour — what we know so far

No confirmed dates yet. Here's what we can already piece together.

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13 May 2026

Sin City — Black Sherif & Seyi Vibez at full volume

Why the track 12 collision works and where Seyi's verse pulled from.

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13 May 2026

Inside "So It Goes" — how Black Sherif and Fireboy DML built it

Studio notes, the writing camp in Lagos and why the bridge took eight takes.

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13 May 2026

Iron Boy album week — every chart we touched

A week-by-week breakdown of where Iron Boy charted, who covered it, and what the Tribe pushed it to do.

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4 Mar 2026

"The Victory Song" — Iron Boy's opening prayer

Why the first track is also a thesis statement.

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14 Feb 2026

Who is RBA — a short explainer

Why Black Sherif's management is called Road Boys Association and why it matters.

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25 Jan 2026

Joker Nharnah on producing "Pop Star"

Brief interview — the beat started as an Iron Boy outtake.

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15 Jan 2026

Pop Star — first listen, first thoughts

The 2026 opening single is here. A track-by-track impression an hour after release.

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19 Nov 2025

Soja at five — a song that doesn't age

Half a decade later, the Soja line still hits at every show. Why.

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19 Oct 2025

Joker Nharnah — the producer behind half of Iron Boy

We sat with Sherif's longtime collaborator. On taste, tempo and the songs we'll never hear.

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12 Sept 2025

"Where Dem Boyz" — anatomy of a 2026 Hip-Hop Song of the Year

Production breakdown, BPM, the beat switch and why the TGMA judges had no choice.

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4 Jul 2025

"Rebel Music" — the closing-then-not-closing track

Why track 9 sits where it sits, and what the lyrics are actually about.

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