It's the new sound of the UK underground, reworking the African pop of Fela Kuti for kids reared on grime, hip-hop and funky house. With stars like Kanye West wanting in, just how big will it get? As ...
Do you do the Shaku Shaku? Zanku’s legwork? How about a throwback: the Galala, anyone? The West African musical genre — Afrobeats — has thousands of distinctive steps and moves that can be learned ...
A new compilation of this hybrid Nigerian dance music—popularized in the U.S. by the likes of Drake and Diplo—shows that with Afrobeats, there’s much more than one dance. Save this story Save this ...
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 ...
Scene's biggest names include D'Banj, Atumpan, Wizkid, May7ven and R2Bees Step into any of the countless nightclubs in Lagos and you’re bound to find yourself immersed in a sonic journey of pulsating ...
When Asake takes the stage at the King’s Theatre on November 8 for this year’s Red Bull Symphonic, he will be the third artist (after Metro Boomin and Rick Ross), as well as the first Nigerian act, to ...
Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees. For African music enthusiasts, it is heartwarming that recognition is being accorded to practitioners in the Afrobeats ...
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 ...
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