The 31st annual South African Music Awards crowned the crème de la crème of the music industry at the Gallagher Convention ...

Explore the dynamic South African music scene of 2025, where artists like Jazzwrld, Thukuthela and Zee Nxumalo not only ...

Another thing I’ve been liking is Afrobeats trending backwards, with artists like Rema and Darkoo tapping into the tambour and aesthetics of the genre circa the 2000s and early 2010s. Darkoo has also ...

Ayra Starr’s new album, The Year I Turned 21 (released May 30), is the latest landmark in an ongoing Afropop evolution. It is among the sleekest records the genre has ever produced, unbelievably ...

Egyptian artists are leading the continent’s digital music scene with a new ranking of the most followed African musicians on YouTube showing Egypt claiming seven of the top 21 spots. Mohamed Ramadan ...

Tyla’s co-managers Brandon Hixon and Colin Gayle partner with K-pop giant HYBE for management and expansion into Africa as ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

African artists have soundtracked superhero movies, sports dramas, Westerns and, more importantly, films that bring it back home to the continent. While Billboard previously published a list about ...

On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.

Your browser does not support the audio element. On the islands off the coast of Georgia, the Gullah Geechee culture of ex-slaves was isolated from the rest of the ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...