Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tyla’s once again standing up for African artists, their music, and the world’s perception of them. During her acceptance speech ...

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, musicians including Tyla and Burna Boy are now pushing for global recognition beyond the genre.

If there's a notable denominator in African music, it's the drums that embody the soul that drives the vibrant creativity and ingenuity of the continent's music stars. Outsydah is one of the stars ...

Josplay is using a new partnership with Sony Music Entertainment to push a different kind of streaming technology, one built on cultural ...

A celebration of music and culture from the world's second largest continent returns to New Jersey's largest city this weekend after a four-year absence. The Afro Beat Fest will take place on Saturday ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

From samba to hip hop to reggae, so much of the music we enjoy has African roots. Tonight, for the first time, the Grammy Awards is recognizing music produced in Africa with a category of its own.

Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, ...