We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats, starting Tuesday ...

Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is a partner at HighTower Solicitors and one of Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers of 2025. A former recording artist ...

Femi Lasode rose to prominence in the 1990s when he produced and directed the celebrated cultural film ‘Sango’.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Nigerian sensation Rema about the global success of his song "Calm Down," and the rise of the music genre Afrobeats.

The Foodaholic Festival, now in its 7th edition, has become a cornerstone of Nigeria's cultural calendar, celebrating the ...

Popular veteran musician, film director and producer, songwriter, and music producer, Obafemi Lasode, is dead.

Nigerian singer Síkírù Àyìndé Barrister (1948-2010) pioneered fújì, a Yorùbá genre of popular dance music. In February 2024, historian Saheed Aderinto’s documentary on the musician’s life and times ...

It seems like there’s nothing Nigerian music star Simi can’t do. A singer, songwriter, and one of the few women mixing and producing their own music, Simi is setting the stage for the future ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Hundreds of fans have held protests and candlelight vigils in various Nigerian cities in the last few days in memory of Mohbad, a beloved 27-year-old Nigerian music star who ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Nigerian sensation Rema about the global success of his song "Calm Down," and the rise of the music genre Afrobeats.