Kilometer II
Kilometer II Album ∙ Afrobeats ∙ 2025 Mavo When Mavo released Kilometer in April 2025, the 21-year-old, born Marvin Ukanigbe Oseremen, could not possibly have envisioned how the rest of his year would unfold. “Escaladizzy,” a record he conceptualized and partly wrote in his dormitory at Afe Babalola University in Ekiti State, launched him to the upper reaches of the charts across Nigeria, becoming an unofficial soundtrack of the summer. The success of the song rested on the artist’s inversion of popular words for his “Bizzy style,” a flow dense with contemplations on heartbreaks and betrayal, as well as his hopes for dizzying material success. Building on the success of “Escaladizzy” and an ever-growing fanbase, Kilometer II arrives five months after its predecessor, a celebration of Mavo’s blistering rise to the top. On opener “Shooting Star,” he’s noncommittal about relationships, boasting about his success in the same breath. Not long thereafter, Benin-born st...