Shaping the Sound: Tekno’s Mark on Modern Afrobeats
The studio is quiet except for the soft loop of a melody, bright and elastic, unmistakably Afrobeats. In the half-light, Tekno leans over a console, adjusting a beat that feels…
The studio is quiet except for the soft loop of a melody, bright and elastic, unmistakably Afrobeats. In the half-light, Tekno leans over a console, adjusting a beat that feels…
For the better part of a decade, the world viewed Afrobeats through a singular, Lagos-centric lens. It was the sound of the Atlantic – slick, fast-paced, and engineered for the…
Long before the trophies and sold-out arenas, Tyla Laura Seethal was recording songs in her room and sending them into the digital void. There were no guarantees, only a belief…
In an industry increasingly dominated by borderless pop and algorithmic hits, Flavour N’abania has pursued a rarer strategy: disciplined cultural arbitrage. The 42-year-old singer from Enugu has spent more than…
When Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known as Wizkid, first stepped into the studio as a wide-eyed teenager in Surulere, Lagos, he could hardly have imagined that his voice would one…
Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway is about to explode with color, rhythm, and pride for the 2025 West Indian American Day Parade. The sequins, the flags, the soca, the steel pan its…