American music magazine, Billboard has unveiled its first-ever list of the 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All Time, with Nigerian stars dominating the rankings.The list of the best Afrobeats songs of all ...

Ghanaian highlife and Afrobeat artiste Eric Opoku, popularly known as Ricky, has opened up about the reasons behind his ...

Billboard has named 2Baba’s 2004 classic African Queen the greatest Afrobeats song of all time, cementing its place as one of the most influential tracks in the genre’s history.The hit single, which ...

The fun carries on tomorrow with a DJ set by dance music icons Jungle, joined by Afrobeat superstars Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, as ...

“It has Afrobeat as the base, the foundation,” he said. “And then you have a bunch of other genres sprinkled on top, just depending on the mood — hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall, whatever.” ...

Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their menus.

One Nigerian Afrobeat artist is doing both – carrying forward the activist spirit that shaped his family’s work. Ọmọ́rìnmádé Kútì, also known as Mádé, comes from one of the most ...

Archuleta, now 34, is coming to Chicago this weekend to headline Northalsted Market Days, a celebration that aligns perfectly ...

Kuti was signed to Motown Records in 1994 and his music blends Afrobeat with more current soul, R&B and jazz. He's worked with rappers Mos Def and Common and continues to explore his music and ...

He says that 'Afrobeat' is Fela Kuti and years went by (after Fela died), and Nigerian musicians started dropping music that was becoming something. Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, was a global ...

Three major Afrobeat artists such as Burna Boy, Tems, and Rema took the stage and created magic. So popular is the subgenre of Hip-Hop (or genre of music) that Billboard created its own chart for ...