Starting out early with the Grammys wins of Burna Boy and Wizkid in the first quarter, the winning streak continued with Wizkid’s Tems-assisted platinum-certified single ‘Essence’, which seized the ...

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 ...

Afrobeats music has taken the world by storm. Hit after hit featuring African artists has been trending on charts across the globe. But why now? "Time is of the essence," Nigerian singer Tems croons ...

The crossover smash of Wizkid and Tems’ “Essence” helped push African music to the forefront of conversation around the globe, but massive songs from Joeboy, Davido, Fireboy DML, and others kept the ...

Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi jumps on new sounds as they emerge. He's documented the Cuban rap movement (2005's Inventos: Hip-Hop) and the fusion between highlife and hip-hop (2008's Homegrown: HipLife in ...

Afrobeats is no longer a trend, it’s a full-fledged movement. Many of the biggest stars in the world are creating unique, fun, and creative Afrobeats music and it has everyone across the world dancing ...

Nigerian Afrobeats singer Simisola Kosoko, a.k.a Simi, released her new single, “Woman,” along with a colorful female-driven video on Friday. In the song, Simi can be heard saying “woman don suffer,” ...

Afrobeats – the pulsating, fusion sound coming out of West Africa and the diaspora – has been on the rise globally for the better part of a decade. In recent years, the genre has gained a foothold in ...