There is no Afrobeats genre. Only Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, and passed on through generations as an African identity. Pop music in Africa, by Africans, for the world is ‘Pop Music’. But in all ...

Whether you can’t get “Water” out of your head or are just feeling curious about the youngest African artist to ever take home a Grammy, we know you’re here because you have questions about Tyla Laura ...

“Do you mind if I just stay in my robe?” Tyla asks, her slippers already on the floor. The 23-year-old South African pop star seems even smaller than her 5-foot-3-inch frame as she curls into the ...

Released in a span of three months, the new albums by Ayra Starr, Tems and Tyla are not merely career-making for the artists, but ground-shifting... When the emergent Nigerian singer Ayra Starr ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

MTV Base, Africa’s youth and pop culture channel, is celebrating 20 years of amplifying African music, culture, and creativity across the continent. As the first pan-African music channel, MTV Base ...

At the 2024 Video Music Awards (VMAs), South African singer Tyla made waves with her performance and acceptance speech after winning the “Best Afrobeat” award for her hit song, “Water.” This moment ...

Editor's note: This is an update of the profile published in December of the great African musician Fela Kuti. The original post was published when it was announced that Kuti would become the first ...

Musician Precious Andre (19), known to her fanbase as Precchie, is balancing two different worlds: the technical precision of a cybersecurity degree and the rhythmic world of African pop music.While ...

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