Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their ...

Here's eight reasons to get out of the house and let live music cleanse your soul (or just have a relaxing night out). Hunter ...

Afrobeat, more than just a genre, has evolved into a culture, a movement, a pulse of identity stretching far beyond the shores of Africa. Its dawn is not merely marked by a new sound in the global ...

His five-track debut EP, “Get Layd,” also established him as an artist to watch in the Afrobeat scene. Lay won the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies Awards.

Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat music legend Fela Kuti, performs in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 29, 2013. Kuti was arrested after being accused of assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos.

These days, Afrobeat - an intoxicating mix of funk, jazz and traditional African music - is more popular in America and around the world than it ever was in the heyday of Fela Kuti, Femi's father ...

You can hear remnants of Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti’s innovation and defiance in songs like “Message in a Hammer” from his expansive 2022 debut album Some Nights I Dream of Doors, which he ...

While we were filming, Tony said, ‘Afrobeat is the only major music genre of which you can still count the number of bands on your fingers—from Japan, France, to the U.S.—but that will ...

Charles de Ledesma tells us about Afrobeat, the latest music trend in dance clubs in London. Afrobeat originated in Lagos, Nigeria in the late 1960s. It borrows heavily from American jazz, funk ...

Afrobeat has elements of many different types of music that had spoken to him through the years, from jazz, funk and soul to traditional African music. "But it all just came together with the ...

“It has Afrobeat as the base, the foundation,” he said. “And then you have a bunch of other genres sprinkled on top, just depending on the mood — hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall, whatever.” ...

Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2021. The legendary Nigerian musician made this year’s list of nominees more than two decades ...