TikTok Highlights Black Creators for Black History Month

TikTok just announced their Black TikTok Trailblazer List – Full List & Info Here!

Among the list are music creators @megagonefree and @yeahitsak. If you haven’t seen their videos, you’re definitely missing out on quality content (@yeahitsak has a freestyle to the Real Housewives of Atlanta theme song that is an absolute must-see)! Using the platform to establish new trends and share their original music, these creators are proof positive that TikTok is an incubator for Black talent.

Join TikTok in celebrating two Black music Trailblazers who should be on your radar as future leaders of entertainment:

@megagonefree – MegaGoneFree is a Black LGBTQ+ independent artist who is carving their own lane in the alt-pop genre. Garnering over 4.8M followers on the platform, the Baltimore, MD native is best known for their song covers played on a ukulele. Several of their covers have gone viral on the platform, including their renditions of Bella Poarch’s “Build A B****” (22.4K+ video creations) and Marina and the Diamonds’ “Bubblegum B****” (88.4K+ creations). Their song covers even caught the attention of Gwen Stefani, who reshared their rendition to “Bubble Pop Electric.” As their TikTok following continues to grow, they share original music on the platform that spreads messages of love and empathy. Mega’s success translates off the platform, boasting over 23K monthly listeners across her catalogue on Spotify. If you need a breath of fresh air from rap, MegaGoneFree is the perfect follow on TikTok.

@yeahitsak – Armed with conversational lyrics and a vibrant personality, Toronto creator Akintoye can make a joke into a banger worth adding to your playlist (cue his remix to the “Holy Spirit Activate” meme). Mixing humor with punchlines into his content, while still honing in on the topic at hand, Akintoye has gone viral several times in 2021 for his videos about being broke (viewed over 29M times), addressing racism, the state of COVID-19 and for simply talking against bullying, the latter which spawned over 109K creations. Between garnering millions of TikTok views and reaching over 128K monthly listeners on Spotify, Akintoye is a TikTok creator worth having on your For You page!

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