Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under Afropop's wide umbrella, musicians young and old played with tradition and paid homage to the greats before them just as ...

I have the pleasure of living in the big, busy, diverse, and very diasporic city of Atlanta, where the summertime lituations are about to get very real. There are a ton of great DJs in town spinning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Below, Billboard rounds up 15 moments where Afropop songs have soundtracked weddings, strip clubs and more on-screen moments, in ...

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 of ...

It’s a fascinating and complicated time to be an Afropop lover, with so many people outside of Africa joining the ranks. Consider Afrobeats, a broad subgenre under the even broader umbrella of African ...

In Nigerian popular music, even the most universal emotions arrive with a distinct local intensity. Love songs rarely stay purely romantic; they mix tender vows, open desire, status display, and ...

Afropop superstar Yemi Alade has signed to record and perform the theme song for the superhero animated series Iyanu. The groundbreaking show, steeped in Nigerian culture and mythology, is a Lion ...

Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold returns to his roots on Friday with the release of his sixth album, "Fuji", which he described as a tribute to the ancestral sounds of his home country. "That sound is ...

President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Nigerian Afropop legend Innocent “2Baba” Idibia on his 50th birthday. Tinubu praised Idibia’s two-decade career as a symbol of resilience, creativity and ...

From 2baba's "African Queen" in Phat Girlz to Skales' "Shake Body" in Sex Education, Billboard rounds up 15 Afropop songs that have been featured in TV and film. By Heran Mamo Nnegest Likké, a ...