2024-06-05 16:46 4204

Ayra Starr‘s evolution from teen star to a fully-fledged musician has been fast and furious. In the three short years si

2024-04-21 15:55 2259

Afrobeats has been one of the fastest-growing musical genres of the past decade, but if any further evidence were needed

2024-03-21 15:11 2164

A stage collapse due to high winds killed one man and injured several others at the Medusa Festival near Valencia, Spain

2024-03-21 00:13 1009

If the intersection of ardent Afrobeat and immensely soulful hip-hop – the chill-out sensuality of Afro-Fusion – needs a

2024-03-20 09:14 1001

After a three-year hiatus, the Brooklyn edition of the Afropunk festival will return this fall, taking place over the we

2024-03-19 18:15 3224

Never one to rehash the past, Madonna is taking a two-pronged approach to celebrating the 40th anniversary of her debut

2024-03-13 21:08 4639

Amaarae‘s uniquely futurist take on R&B and Afropop comes as the product of years of unexpected travels — sometimes brie

2024-03-13 00:13 1071

Burna Boy is on fire. In September, the Nigerian singer created a little slice of U.K. chart history as his seventh albu

2024-03-11 00:09 4255

Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. He’s just announced a North American tour, is c

2024-03-09 11:52 2770

The Afro Nation Festival made a lively Stateside debut in Miami over Memorial Day weekend, taking place a the 40,000 cap

2024-03-08 03:07 5215

The fast-rising Afropop singer Ayra Starr says she always knew she was destined for greatness. It didn’t take long: She’

2024-03-07 15:06 1275

Nigerian superstar Davido is set to take over as a guest host on Apple Music‘s “Africa Now Radio” on April 7, the platfo

2024-03-05 18:10 4381

The late Cuban American salsa singer Celia Cruz has been selected to appear on U.S quarters later this year, making hist

2024-03-04 09:11 3093

Afro Nation is heading to Miami for the first U.S. edition of the Afrobeats-focused music festival. The two-day event, d

2024-03-03 06:17 426

Swiss film startup FinFilm, an innovative platform that finances European and African film projects, has boarded the Sky

2024-03-03 00:08 3730

The AfroTech conference returned last weekend with its first in-person event since 2019 in Austin, Texas. The technology

2024-02-29 09:06 1152

After a nearly three-year hiatus, the Afropunk festival returned last weekend to the borough where it was born: Brooklyn

2024-02-29 06:04 3413

Anime legends, producer Masao Maruyama and director Gisaburō Sugii, as well as U.S. animation producer and distributor G

2024-02-26 08:06 3063

Universal Music Group has announced a majority investment in the Nigeria-based Afrobeats powerhouse label Mavin Global (

2023-12-15 13:49 3755

In its inaugural year, the African music performance category for the 66th Grammy Awards is stacked with some of the con