Sandra Izsadore influenced Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti during his 1969 U.S. visit. While not its creator, her impact on the genre is undeniable.

Afrobeats artiste, Isaac Igwenwanne, popularly known as Deltaboy, has made a heartfelt declaration of faith and personal ...

Tiwa Savage son has been sighted making his mother proud with a recitation in French during his school event. He was also ...

Coming from West Africa, the Afrobeat dance combines traditional African moves with contemporary ones. The lively and ...

Bright Excel, professionally known as Eeflat, is emerging as a powerful new voice in Afrobeat—carrying the spirit of Ajegunle and the global sound of Africa into the future.Born in Akwa Ibom and ...

He wasn’t always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making “terrible American rap,” he says, trying to be someone he was not. “If you grew up in Nigeria ...

Laying the Foundation Black Music Month features Afrobeats: Laying the Foundation ...

GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us ...

Popular Liberian Afrobeat singer Jonathan Lee, widely known as JZyNo, has issued a passionate call for national unity as Liberia prepares for one of the most significant moments in its diplomatic ...