Based in London and of Nigerian descent, Afro B is making a global footprint with his timeless music. Afro B created the term “Afrowave” which is a fusion of hip-hop, dance hall, and Afrobeat melodies ...

Join Level 77 Music and Nigerian composer Arinze Iheme on a unique exploration of Afrobeats Fate has a funny way of revealing itself. What began as a friendly chance meeting between Atlanta neighbors ...

Pandora has announced plans to roll out a new series of Latin music stations dedicated to music by black artists from various parts of Latin America. The first station in the series is Afro Colombia ...

Walking north on Brush Street, passing Ford Field and Comerica Park, you don't really hear the funky Afrobeats signature beats, as much as you feel it, in your chest and throughout your body. Then, ...

Allah says Manual. You have a pocket spaniel. I was born in the Dominican Republic. Nowadays, Benito Vdma speaks mostly English, but as a Dominican Spanish is his native tongue. When I was born over ...

The Afro Nation festival series is arguably one of the most important live events in today’s Black music market as it bridges together the genres pioneered by Black entertainers, including Afrobeats, ...

The Washington Wizards weren’t the only group of men wowing audiences at the Capital One Arena on Feb. 7. After a nail-biting victory by the Wizards, who won by one-point with point-two seconds left ...

The genre Afrobeats has come a long way. From its dodgy etymology (origin word: Afrobeat) to its location of christening (London), this catch-all phrase for the current wave of Contemporary West ...

Amapiano pioneer DJ Maphorisa, known as the Scorpion King, has stunned the South African music scene by announcing his return to Afro music roots. While fans speculate about the future of Amapiano, in ...

Six million people in the US identify as Afro Latino, according to Pew Research. In Boston, the Afro-Latino population has doubled in 20 years according to Boston Indicators. However, Afro-Latino ...

I am, admittedly, only an intermittent consumer of music journalism. I’m the type of artist who needs space from that sort of thing to get work done. Every now and then, though, a piece creates such ...