Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

“Do you mind if I just stay in my robe?” Tyla asks, her slippers already on the floor. The 23-year-old South African pop star seems even smaller than her 5-foot-3-inch frame as she curls into the ...

Back in 2017, after spending months holed up in Los Angeles, Wizkid proposed a grand revolution of Afropop with the release of his third studio album, Sounds From The Other Side. Running his ...

African music’s global rise no longer feels like a trend tied to one sound, one country, or one breakout artist. Every week now brings another collision of styles: Afrobeats meeting trap, dancehall ...

At the 2024 Video Music Awards (VMAs), South African singer Tyla made waves with her performance and acceptance speech after winning the “Best Afrobeat” award for her hit song, “Water.” This moment ...

The pressure on a second album is rarely about the songs. It's about the sentence that follows an artist's name for the rest of their career. For Tyla, that sentence was written by "Water" — the 2023 ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

MTV Base, Africa’s youth and pop culture channel, is celebrating 20 years of amplifying African music, culture, and creativity across the continent. As the first pan-African music channel, MTV Base ...

South African music star Tyla has reportedly signed a global deal with Roc Nation, marking what could become one of the most significant career moves by an African artist in recent years. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By late '66, however, all that had changed. After a run of successes and having experienced the full mania of the record industry, ...

African music has grown into a powerful global force, driven by artists whose consistency, creativity, and cultural influence have earned them widespread recognition. These musicians have collected ...

Tyla's A*POP has ignited discussions about balancing international crossover with homegrown talent in the evolving landscape of African pop.