Oliver Akinfeleye remembers Burna Boy’s first show in New York. The location was Palladium Times Square, the year was 2017. Akinfeleye, an American Nigerian photographer known professionally as ...

Spotify’s five-year report for Nigeria reveals strong growth in Afrobeats, with streams for the genre increasing by over 5,000 ...

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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 ...

Since releasing her debut album “19 & Dangerous” in 2021, Ayra Starr has had a meteoric rise to become a central figure of the Afrobeat genre that is taking the music world by storm. The 21-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inserting image... Although the rising genre — influenced by Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat — has been in full form since the late ’90s, ...

Afrobeats has transcended borders, transforming from a Lagos-born sound into a global cultural force. Through streaming milestones, sold-out arenas, and international collaborations, Nigerian artists ...

The evolution of Afrobeats has been chronicled in countless ways—through viral music videos, sold-out tours, award wins, and headline-making collaborations. But one of its most intimate and enduring ...