Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. Following in the footsteps of his legendary grandfather Fela ...

Talent manager Paulo Okoye has expressed concerns over Afrobeats’ struggling state locally and globally. In a recent social media post on Instagram, Okoye expressed concern that Afrobeats artists are ...

Grammy-nominated Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has cautioned Afrobeats artistes against comparing themselves to his late father, legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, simply because they ...

Nigerian rapper Odumodublvck has responded to critics who argue that Nigerian hip-hop and Afrobeat artists are not “real” hip-hop musicians. During a recent interview, Odumodublvck asserted that ...

"Sometimes it’s better to not know each other as people first and just play," says Yannis Philippakis, one of the last musicians to get on the tools with the late Afrobeat pioneer, Tony Allen. (Photo ...