Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. While his contemporaries chased Afrobeats, Flavour chose to ...

Take a trip back in time and revisit these 50 Afrobeats songs turning 10 in 2026. These songs hold the history of a constantly evolving genre and celebrate the stars who defined that era. From ...

Sarz, the producer behind the Afrobeats hit “Monalisa” with Lojay (and eventually Chris Brown) has exclusively shared the track list for his forthcoming album Protect Sarz at All Costs – and it is ...

25 greatest songs that have left an indelible mark on the nation’s pop culture and played a part in the local and international expansion of Nigerian music. For 25 years, the success of Nigerian pop ...

With an eye on its international fan base, the N.B.A. has welcomed the influence of African singers like Tems, Burna Boy and Rema. By Emmanuel Morgan A winter afternoon in Salt Lake City might be the ...

Spotify has released its list of the most-streamed Afrobeats artists worldwide for 2025, with Burna Boy leading the chart. Rema secured second place, followed by Wizkid in third, Asake in fourth, and ...

Singer, rapper, spoken word artiste, author, and entertainment journalist, Tofarati Ige, popularly known as Grand Tycoon, has emphasised that the globally celebrated Afrobeats movement goes far beyond ...