Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws inspiration from hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and more while incorporating ...

Most people confuse Afrobeat and Afrobeats but don’t know that the two are predominantly distinct in sound and genre. Music historians have traced origin sounds of Afrobeat in Ghana and Nigeria as ...

Over the last several years, American listeners have grown more and more attuned to the sounds of West African pop music, also known as Afrobeats—whether it’s the swaggering Nigerian Afro-fusion of ...

From Lagos to London to Los Angeles, a new style is taking dance clubs and music charts by storm. Chances are, you’re already familiar with the sound, even if you haven’t heard the name. Afrobeats, a ...

This is why Dancehall can chart the next course for Afrobeats' continuous ascension. Although barely a teenager when Sean Paul made the smash hit, Cynthia Morgan would switch the "Gal" to "Boy" a ...

In pulsating rhythms, where beats fuse with soul and melodies that spark spirits, a musical revolution has emerged, carrying within it the power to unite and ignite the essence of the Black community ...

For decades the Western world adopted the term Afrobeats to describe Pop music with sonic roots in Ghana and Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa While there's no codification of the history ...

Grammy award-winning artist Burna Boy is playing at Glastonbury On Sunday evening, Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy will fire up Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage. While he has played at the UK's biggest ...

On November 8, Afrobeats sensation Asake is stepping onto Red Bull Symphonic stage at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, performing his greatest hits alongside a full world-class orchestra led by conductor ...

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