EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian startup Creele Animation Studios has unveiled first images and details for its upcoming 3D short Sopo, inspired by the early life of revered late Afrobeat star Fela Kuti. The Lagos ...

Get ready to feel the beat! Mastercard is taking over your playlist with its Afrobeat Sonic Anthem, blending the brand’s signature sound with the electrifying energy of Nigeria’s Afrobeat culture.

The power and potency of Fela’s message is completely current today and is expressed in the political movements of oppressed people, embracing Fela’s music and message in their struggle for freedom.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — "FELA LIVES," reads the Gothic-lettered tattoo on the back of one of the sons of the legendary Afrobeat singer from Nigeria. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died 15 years ago but his name ...

With his posthumous induction into the glamorous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nigeria’s Afrobeat music genre pioneer and one of Africa’s greatest music icons, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, became the first ...

Fast-rising Afrobeat singer, Debra Can, is set to release her new single, ‘Happy’, on.The Lagos-born artiste, who is ...

Was Afrobeat Shaped by a Black American Woman? *A spirited debate has resurfaced online over the role of Sandra Izsadore, a Black American woman from Los Angeles, in shaping Afrobeat—the iconic genre ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Kuti, has officially made history as the first African artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Sat comfortably in a large chair at the New Afrika Shrine, his family's legendary Nigerian music venue, Femi Kuti was surrounded by history. The concert hall is an homage to his father Fela Kuti's ...

Nigerian-born Afrobeat sensation, King Steve Benjamin (KSB), is poised to make a bold musical statement with the release of his much-anticipated new album titled “Chameleon,” scheduled to drop on May ...