{"id":883104,"date":"2026-01-07T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/shallipopi-named-tiktoks-2025-artist-of-the-year-in-sub-saharan-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:18:09","slug":"shallipopi-named-tiktoks-2025-artist-of-the-year-in-sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/shallipopi-named-tiktoks-2025-artist-of-the-year-in-sub-saharan-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallipopi named TikTok\u2019s 2025 Artist of the Year in Sub-Saharan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian rising star Shallipopi has clinched the Artist of the Year title at the 2025 TikTok Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa, solidifying his status as one of the continent\u2019s most influential young artists. The ceremony, held in Johannesburg, celebrated the creators and musicians who shaped online culture across the region throughout the year&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/notjustok.com\/news\/shallipopi-named-tiktoks-2025-artist-of-the-year-in-sub-saharan-africa\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Elizabeth Clifford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian rising star Shallipopi has clinched the Artist of the Year title at the 2025 TikTok Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa, solidifying his status as one of the continent\u2019s most influential young artists. The ceremony, held in Johannesburg, celebrated the creators and musicians who shaped online culture across the region throughout the year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2023,138650,192],"tags":[7490,138649],"class_list":{"0":"post-883104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-named","8":"category-shallipopi","9":"category-sports","10":"tag-named","11":"tag-shallipopi"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}