Discover the five talented artists competing for the Best Afro-Pop Album at the 32nd South African Music Awards.

South African star Tyla releases sophomore album APOP*, a 14-track project asserting that amapiano sound belongs at the very ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

 Adekunle Gold tells Pulse about Afro pop Vol. 1, his 'rebrand.' his style, the role of fans and more Adekunle Gold then slowly shed off the vestiges of the brand he had crafted for himself over ...

Amidst the ongoing feud between Nigerian music superstars Wizkid and Davido, Afro-Pop artist Havens has called for both artists to settle their differences to foster growth and unity within the music ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

T AIWO LIJADU’S TWO-BEDROOM apartment in Harlem is filled floor to ceiling with relics that span time and space — elaborate canopies, a puzzle of rugs, and an expansive encyclopedia set among a wall ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Multi-instrumentalist Cheikh Ibra Fam rhythmically expresses a free and futuristic sound that intertwines with his Senegalese heritage, and he’s bringing all the African vibes ...

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 ...

While there's no codification of the history of the word "Afrobeats", especially when it was created, and by whom it was created, the term came to be in the 2000s when it was first used to describe ...