The Magnetic World Music Festival is filling out its fifth-anniversary lineup, and Saturday night just got a lot bigger. The festival announced today that Akon and Ne-Yo will co-headline September 26, ...

A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population. By Patricia Meschino See more of our ...

MTN Nigeria has announced the commencement of entries for the second season of its music reality competition, Next Afrobeats Star, with the winner set to receive a recording deal worth N225m and a new ...

Tyla never cared for the narrow definitions of African music, and her new album, A*Pop, reflects that. Speaking to Apple ...

South African star Tyla releases sophomore album APOP*, a 14-track project asserting that amapiano sound belongs at the very ...

Pana' a one-of-one record in Nigerian music, which highlighted the dynamism of a star who can combine sensuality, infectious rhythm, and cultural relatability to craft a hit that recalibrated the ...

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Award-winning musician and philanthropist Akon is about to build a new sustainable city in Senegal. He told Reuters why ...

The murder of rapper Dolla reverberated throughout the music industry on Tuesday as police sought a motive for the brazen ...