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Nikita Music

Brazilian digital music distributor representing African labels in Niger, Angola and Mozambique.

Based in
Brazil
Founder
Felippe Llerena

Nikita Music, which also trades as Nikita Music Digital, is a Brazilian digital music distributor founded by Felippe Llerena, who is its executive director. It delivers releases from independent labels and artists to streaming platforms and says it has been in the market for more than ten years.

The company is independent, with no parent or major-label owner identified in any source located. No Brazilian CNPJ registration is stated in the sources reviewed, so the name recorded here is the one the company uses for itself rather than evidence of incorporation.

It is listed in this directory for its African distribution business rather than its Brazilian one. From 2024 Nikita began representing African labels, and says it reached close to 500 artists across the continent through those partnerships, covering afrobeat, rap, trap and world music. The labels it names are Kasuwa Distro in Niger, led by Abdoul Kader Hassan Hamadou, Go Edições Angola, and a label it calls Roots Records that this desk could not independently identify. Its stated territories include Niger, Angola and Mozambique. The company is Brazilian, not African, and is included on the basis of that named African roster and the distribution arrangements covering African territories.

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