Will the next global hits from Nigeria have a French accent?Born in the 1970s through the influence of Fela Kuti, regarded as the father of Afrobeats, the genre continues to attract a global audience.

Ebenezer Olaolu Mabinuori, popularly known as Ebonny Musik, is emerging as one of the defining voices of Afro-urban music. Originally from Abeokuta in Ogun State, Ebonny represents a generation of ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fela Kuti became the first African to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording ...

Nigerian music duo Zule Zoo is set to mark two decades in the entertainment industry with a grand anniversary concert titled ...

A seismic shift is underway in Nigerian music as Afrobeats keeps getting platforms to groom the next set of shining stars that will take over from the current crop of Afrobeat crooners. One of such ...

Pulse Nigeria had an insightful conversation with Jerome Sydenham about music, art direction, and the future of DJs and publishing in Nigeria. Sydenham is acclaimed for defining a Pan-African Electro ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. While his contemporaries chased Afrobeats, Flavour chose to ...

Other genres of music are too weak to challenge for any spotlight in the mainstream because of the structure of the industry. Nigerian music presently can best be described as one eating the same meal ...

Ifunanya Nwangene, who is known for her appearance on season 3 of “The Voice Nigeria,” has died after a snake bite. Nwangene’ ...