French rap, pop and urban music composers recently joined forces with Afrobeats artists to produce 60 tracks for ...

Nigeria’s Afrobeat king Fela Kuti will this weekend be posthumously recognised by the Grammys with a Lifetime Achievement ...

Lady Zamar has shifted from her healing Rainbow era to embrace Afrobeats in her latest album release. The project features African collaborations and experimentation with Pidgin vocals. The album ...

UK-based Ghanaian artist Manye Fi has kicked off 2026 on an energetic note with the release of her new single, Freaky, an ...

Afrobeats legend Fela Kuti to become first African to get Lifetime Achievement Award at Grammys The award comes nearly 30 ...

Jessenation is the stage name for Afrobeats singer Jesse Emeghara. Jessenation is a fast rising Afrobeats and Afropop artist in Chicago blending African roots with global sounds that unites culture.

That was its response after Afrobeats star Wizkid replied to Afrobeat legend’s son, Seun Kuti, with the unseemly “I big pass ...

In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary ...

Afrobeats have exploded onto the global stage, igniting a cultural wildfire that can't be ignored. The success of West African mainstream pop music is best explained by its soaring numbers. According ...

Chronicles of Afrobeats is set to be released in 2026. It will add another chapter to the documentation of Nigerian music and the education of a fast-growing audience. On November 22, 2025, Nigerian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws ...

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