Ayra Starr's second album, The Year I Turned 21, is a global-minded symphony of influences, and part of a recent wave of young women charting their own course for African pop. Ayra Starr’s new album, ...

Urban artists Taymez and Enzo released “Dos Veinti2” (222) this Friday, a song that blends urban rhythms with pop and Afro ...

Lyzaira, the renowned Cape Verdean-Dutch singer-songwriter, is preparing for her much-anticipated E Ahead of the EP release, Lyzaira, who spoke to TUKO.co.ke, dropped a new Kiswahili-inspired single ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

Afro Nation took over Memorial Day weekend in Miami with an explosive lineup of the top Afrobeats and amapiano acts. Dubbed the “world’s biggest Afrobeats festival,” fans from all over the world ...

We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats. Over the last decade, Afrobeats has made significant inroads in the global music industry, ...

Meet Sindiswa Nhlapho, a 22-year-old songbird from Tsakane, East Rand. Nhlapho started off by posting videos of herself singing covers on TikTok, where her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics ...

For the past few years, Daymé Arocena's life has been transformed by two major revelations. The first struck swiftly, in a moment of fear and desperation: the artist realized she needed to get away ...

When Tyla was making her hit single “Water,” she had a simple goal in mind. “I just wanted a summer song that everybody could vibe to and have fun to,” the South African singer told Rolling Stone last ...