Going down alternative paths in Spanish alternative trap, Manyang Darboe Sanyang, aka Munic HB, readily draws on his Gambian roots to push the genre forward in unexpected ways. Exhibiting his impeccable flow over an achingly moving melody, he was catapulted to fame with his massive 2022 single “Pico y Pala”. A born nonconformist, the rapper often talks of being different from the rest. But his unconventional mixtures speak louder than rhymes, bending trap’s bass-heavy hooks with bubbly Afrobeats, exuberant horns and delicate keys that teasingly teeter between ambition and vulnerability.