Tag Archives: Afrobeats

‘Pana’ would go on to become a smash hit for its musical novelty and the excitement it offers would be recreated in subsequent records like ‘Yawa,’ ‘Go,’ and ‘Jogodo’. Amidst his electrifying 2017 run, Tekno lent his talent to Davido for whom he crafted the smash hit …

Popular Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, also known as Rema has told his colleagues that irrespective of their music styles, they will all still come together under the Afrobeats umbrella for award shows. Rema stated this while receiving his award for Best Male Artiste of the Year at the 2023 Headies …

Rema‘s ‘Calm Down’ tops the list of the most streamed Afrobeats songs of all time on Spotify. Afrobeats is on a global rise with the advent of social media and the …

Nigerian superstar Rema has made history after his song spent 52 weeks at the summit of the Billboard US Afrobeats chart. Rema is one of the stars leading Nigerian music global …

While the contributions of Hypemen in the rise of Afrobeats are yet to be highlighted, one man is taking it upon himself to tell the story of hype through music. Sheye Banks is a man of many talents. From being a familiar voice on the Radio to …

Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy has come under heavy criticism for making ‘degrading’ remarks about Afrobeats. Naija News reports that the ‘Last Last’ crooner during a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in New York described Afrobeats as basically ‘nothing’ with no substance. He said: …

Nigerian megastar Burna Boy describes Afrobeats as music with no substance. Burna Boy is one of the artists exporting Nigerian music to the world through his compelling talent that has seen …

First of all, it’s important to note that Nigerian artists mostly don’t make Amapiano. Instead, Afrobeats acts, make a variant of the genre through the adoption of the Log drum which is applied to mirror Nigerian local drums. Amapiano is just not a genre. It’s a culture. Aside from its …

Since the mid-2000s, Afrobeats have been on a steady international ascension with the music traveling to other neighboring countries before gradually finding its way to the Western world. The invaluable contributions of pacesetters like 2Baba (FKA 2 Face), P-Square, and D’banj invariably laid the foundation for the groundbreaking feats of …

Since the mid-2000s, Afrobeats have been on a steady international ascension with the music travelling to other neighbouring countries before gradually finding its way to the Western world. The invaluable contributions of pacesetters like 2Baba (formerly known as 2 Face), P-Square, and D’banj invariably laid the foundation for the groundbreaking …