‘Afrobeats is the new pop’: The rising popularity of Afrobeats in America

[@muchit3629]

Really love how Nigerian musicians emphasize Africa as well as Nigeria. Its a win for our continent.

[@inmythoughts718]

how and where, nowhere on the continent is their unity, let along with the countries.. its a great concept

[@kina82]

You are correct

[@africansindasporatothemoth1740]

Bounceback Always. You have no idea. Africa is uniting and that's even bigger than Nigeria. Africa must and will Unite. New Africa population is just beginning... Join US

[@inmythoughts718]

@@africansindasporatothemoth1740 When, Where and How.. there are not even united in Nigeria, or in SA.. where are people uniting? Let me know and i will come..

[@smoothoperator9845]

@@inmythoughts718 That was yesterday... It's a new Dawn amongst the younger generation of African's🦁

[@ImperfectlyNatalya]

I felt so emotional and proud watching this. Afrobeats is really taking over ! Love from Jamaica 🤎🇯🇲

[@KMcirca82]

we love y'all from Africa. hand in hand

[@sunboy1558]

It shows how Africa is taking the world by surprise, Africa is truly the future You should visit the motherland often It the ancestral land of every black man.

[@ImperfectlyNatalya]

@@sunboy1558 I totally agree. I definitely want to visit soon.

[@SILVARYDAH]

yaow dawta, which artists from yard use the afrobeat sound? mi a beg yuh tell me...

[@KiyaShiraw]

@@sunboy1558 fr Africa is the future

[@juned1719]

As a Haitian American I've been hearing Afrobeats and Afrobeat inspired music from the womb. There's that one tune every artist started using in the 80s and 90s (The Awilo Logomba / soukous sound) and when I got older I found out it came from west Africa but Caribbean artists were inspired by and using it too. I'm so glad Tems said "I think it's in the blood". That's the only way I can explain it too. Regardless where we are in the world Afrobeats speaks to the blood of the diaspora.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Its so true! African rhythms have dominated pop music for a long time.

[@artznymhunga]

wow u know Awilo 👏🏽👏🏽

[@edwardnyakundi4630]

Even CKay said the same at the end of the clip

[@laurenkhate2001]

Awilo logomba 💓 .... You right here know afrobeats. Mobutu really invested in music as much as he was a dictator that man put his all in music.

[@SuperMariposa91]

Awilo and Soukous is from DR Congo Central Africa, not west Africa

[@TegaOveros]

I feel so proud to be a Nigerian.

[@inmythoughts718]

me so proud as a black american

[@shukyarije9337]

Yasss

[@BiafraPost]

MuMu and proud

[@OfficialLearnologyHub]

Yeah.. That's how we role

[@ringgame]

@Japhya3 has a different meaning for us. They were really close to making an African currency called the Afros

[@wezi06]

I was screaming today when our radio station in Baton Rouge,Louisiana played 30 minutes of afrobeats...sheesh made my drive to work awesome!

[@eseojiekhudu6770]

What country is that?

[@SenseSeer]

@@eseojiekhudu6770 United States

[@kosiudezue1730]

aww ,wow i feel like crying now

[@nnamdi602]

This segment was VERY well researched even down to the pronouncing of the words. Haha this is wild. Naija no dey carry last 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@nwagod9351]

We die there

[@fayepatrice1672]

Except when they called it a mix of pop and hip hop.

[@meilyn22]

The reporter is a Nigerian.

[@Wavecurve]

The feature is not all that well-reseached because it generalized Africa as the source of Afrobeats, and gave Nigeria minimal credit. (I have no problem with crediting entire Africa with Afrobeats, but Nigeria's foremost efforts should be acknowledged, too.)

[@gildisc7482]

I was exposed to afrobeats living in Vienna and through P² (Square). Them two brothers really popularized afrobeats in the early 2000s and on and deserve a mention amongst the afrobeats greats.

[@slicusdadon]

FACTS! And 2Face.

[@Biobele]

@@slicusdadon true: 2baba - African Queen and If love is a crime are LEGENDARY.

[@tojusote4896]

And dbanj

[@akeme25]

Hell yeah P-Square doesn’t get enough credit for the impact they made. 2Face neither

[@papap1186]

​@@akeme25 1, Tuface 2, P Square 3, D'banj 4, Timaya 5, J. Martins 6, Bracket 7, Iyanya + 8, Tekno These Second Generation Nigerian Afrobeat/Afrobeats Artists were the ones made Afrobeat/Afrobeats a global genre but the Third Generation Nigerian Afrobeat/s Artists are making Afrobeats super popular and more attractive.

[@angelicdazzle]

It’s so true African music as soon as u hear it you can’t help but to move…. Even if u can’t dance u want to move something even if it’s the tap ur feet!!! Love afrobeats and so happy it’s getting the recognition it deserves!

[@rickyronny4019]

Facts

[@Ajibolaa]

Nigerian music you mean 😅

[@rickyronny4019]

@@Ajibolaa true. Gotta be specific

[@vmat6684]

@@Ajibolaa No mbaqanga, amapiano, rumba, mbira you name it

[@hutup9092]

@@vmat6684 wtf are those noise, Nigerian afro beats is kings

[@topgrain]

Love Newantiti is silky smooth. I read that he wrote it late at night, and put "ah ah aaah" in as filler, intending to replace it with other lyrics; but, upon waking up and listening to it, he decided it was already perfect. Boy was he right.

[@kenekai9296]

It's nwantiti.

[@DreOmega]

For once, the rest of the world was late to the party n now doing the catching up. We Africans have been vibing n raving to these beautiful sound called Afrobeat for decades. There are many other stuff from Africa the rest of the world will need to catch up with, time will showcase them. Africa is the most blessed continent n Africans are enjoying it

[@akwaabab8504]

not for once, the rest of the world is ALWAYS late to the party, yet they say Africa is a developing country. cha!

[@Akilahfoye]

sssshhhh don't tell them...

[@daniella8400]

@@akwaabab8504 they are a developing continent

[@tunjilegba]

@@akwaabab8504 But if you go back 12yrs ago they had P Squared and DBanj and 2face Idibia etc but were not fully known

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

_For once?_

[@gregoryspevack2263]

I've been listening to African music since the 80's. I totally love the current Afro-Beats. Recently attended a Burna Boy show in La. it was amazing

[@daniella8400]

Exactly! This is new for white people

[@nathaliaa9o6]

@@daniella8400 no just Americans

[@daniella8400]

@@nathaliaa9o6 no it’s not ! Especially places like NY and Atlanta,we’ve been listening to Afro beats and other African music especially if you have African family and friends like myself.

[@nathaliaa9o6]

@@daniella8400 are you African cause obviously you would, I’m talking about places like the Uk etc that have had people of all color white, black, etc already listening to a good amount of Afro music, I’m not saying people in the US weren’t listening to Afrobeat music but those people were mainly us who are Africans, the whole US especially the youth because of social media now are approaching more

[@daniella8400]

@@nathaliaa9o6 I’m not African, I lived in Ny. The US has those same categories of people. This is one of the most diverse countries in the world. Of course the young people are new to it, because they’re new to alot or things but again not the ones growing up in diverse cities such as NY and Atlanta. We are not new to Afrobets and Africans music! Why would you be talking about those countries when I specifically said Americans. There are African clubs in Ny and Atlanta, that have been a round for years! Therefore we aren’t new to it and a lot of African music would be played at reggae clubs and parties 10-15 years ago when I was in my teens.

[@mylife2022]

Afrobeats hit the UK a few years before before 2018. My son is half Nigerian, he's playing this music all the time, I've been to an afrobeat dance class in Waterloo in London and it's fire 🔥. When I've left that class I've felt so alive, so elated so happy. I saw Fela in Lagos in 1995, and that was an experience I'll never ever forget.

[@ashokadhshd3438]

The UK been on the Afrobeats wave for a much longer time. Prolly cuz a large majority of Black Brits have Nigerian heritage

[@vamoneygroup]

At least since 2013

[@faithscent]

I was listening to dbanj -Oliver twist and psquare in the club in 2012

[@sweetbutshowa]

@@faithscent I was listening to Wizkid in the UK in 2010 and Davido in 2011

[@sladewilson377]

@@ashokadhshd3438That’s not even remotely true. There are significant amounts of UK blacks from the Caribbean and other West/East African nations.

[@animallifenet]

I love the fact that he still maintained his African accent during the interview

[@damilaresanusi5430]

Aswear.

[@laurenkhate2001]

African accent isn't easy to replace. Especially west African.

[@nuiyaroberts3495]

It’s not like we can just get rid of it….

[@goldencoast8896]

You shouldn't even suppose to ​@@nuiyaroberts3495

[@Earthomo]

Afrobeats comes from the spirit. Soul, R&B, Jazz, etc. all have Africa roots. Not the other way around.

[@DakinRinone]

..... and what about all those that created those genre's without ever knowing what we call "afrobeats"? It's not like they had the stuff on vinyl or 8 track players. Lol. Not everything has African roots behind it.

[@franman1148]

Dude is being silly and dismissing the years of work that artists in the west put in to develop those genres. Those musical genres were not African creations and in fact it is those genres that influenced African music today.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@franman1148 hes not dismissing anything, those musical forms have African rhythms as their foundation. Michael Jackson, James Brown, KRS1, Carlos Santana all acknowledge the influence of African music on their art.

[@franman1148]

@@fitawrarifitness6842 No doubt the African influence was there but These guys were also influenced by other cultures. Those African rhythms ran in our veins so it was something that is natural. Other ingredients had to be mixed in to create this new music that was not found anywhere in Africa before it was created in the west. Remember these people were cut off from Africa for generations. When u flippantly say these genres come from Africa you dismiss the work of the people in the west who are the true creators.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@franman1148 Africans in the new world never stopped being Africans, the music of the African diaspora is an extension of African culture. The creations were a continuation of the the traditions they brought from Africa and just as the case of ALL culture, it adapts and changes to suit its environment and the tools available.

[@joyhappy3461]

Finally. Started listening 12 years when Banky W, Wizkid, and Psquare. This was kicked off by TuFace - you are my African Queen. Been jamming to Afrobeats for decades.

[@Lulu060986]

Same.

[@ayotundeoluyeye6016]

Same. The ogs

[@nicolaf5484]

Same

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Thats why we must acknowledge Akon and Konvict muzik

[@LabiBradleyC]

I started listening 10 years ago when my a woman from Botswana had me listen to Oleku from Ice Prince.

[@CulturestageTv]

Super excited africa , especially African music is getting the attention it deserves , Nigeria needs to be commended for helping make this happen

[@Tunechi65]

Hell yes

[@concernedblackamericanciti5640]

Heavily influenced by black American music as usual. Everyone steals from black American culture even Africans.

[@DirtyEdon]

@@concernedblackamericanciti5640 what exactly is infleunced from you? Lmfao

[@Tunechi65]

@oti odhiambo it's not mainly English lmao. Nobody really understand what they're saying. Lots of pidgeon English, Yoruba and Igbo being spoken in addition to the thick accent. So we can't act like Americans understand it fully

[@tosinojo7310]

@oti odhiambo lies

[@citizenm9590]

I'm from Brazil and our art and culture are heavily influenced by Africans and I'm forced thankful

[@p51424]

Brazil's culture is inspired by Africa more than any other country on Earth.

[@JD-ny3vz]

@@p51424 Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean islands are just as influenced

[@oumlowe8885]

I don’t forget Brazil 🇧🇷 has the second largest black population in wold

[@Therockfan30]

⁠@@p51424The USA is also heavily influenced, rock and roll, jazz, ragtime etc…

[@LadyK007]

IGBO KWENU!! So proud of my people!!! Long live Afrobeats!!!!!!🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@sulemanoladipo3462]

Yoruba people that brought afrobeats

[@milesmorales546]

Abeg stop with this… every tribe has had a role. Enjoy it and stop trying to cause divide

[@oladipupodurotimi4754]

Yoruba made Afrobeats. But our igbo neighbors contributed to it too. Omo Yoruba ni mi ooo 😘

[@Mimi08642]

Don't even start with igbokwenu yoruba owns afrobeat so it better we say Nigeria Or African

[@dumebinwankwor]

You are very stupid for mentioning this which one is Igbo kwenu Yorubas that are making global music are they Yoruba centric?

[@clementnathaniel9144]

Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 Afro beat to the world it is the new spotlight to global music in the world 🌎enjoy Afro beat guys

[@peterehigie5132]

God bless my lovely country Nigeria

[@pilargonzalez8442]

Love this, I took African beat dance classes for a while before lock down, so uplifting, wonderful, glad to see it catching moment. Mama Africa is base of so many many of our cultural ways , about time we paid homage to the culture!!!!

[@yuubee3860]

I'm not a fan of Davido but it's quite disappointing that you talk about afrobeat at its peak and not mention him as a contributing artist to popularity of Afrobeat from 2013 to date.

[@squarebear619]

I am Black American and we've been listening to African music for decades. One of my faves is African Queen! ❤️

[@ashokadhshd3438]

Burna Boy my favorite

[@squarebear619]

@@ashokadhshd3438 I just could not choose a single favorite musician nor which country has the best music as I love so much of it! It truly calls to the spirit. ❤️

[@ashokadhshd3438]

@@squarebear619 I appreciate your opinion and I like your take on it. Afrobeats is lively music

[@lolalawal7190]

I love to see this! Don’t mind me i am just having a proud Nigerian moment 🇳🇬😊😍🇳🇬😍😊🇳🇬🇳🇬😊

[@XpurlX]

I like and listen African music now already decades and I’m white, that is in my opinion not a problem, I belief music is universal! Maybe other people have problems with that but I don’t care! Art is also universal and believe me everyone can enjoy life when it’s authentic!

[@genocidejoe]

Bro dont worry about those idiots

[@rickyronny4019]

Don’t worry bout those salty ass blacks who wanna gatekeep music. You can listen to African music if you want. I’m black myself

[@Laura-sg6ss]

@@rickyronny4019 Loool but no one is saying they can't listen 😭💀💀 you're not listening to what ppl are saying hence why you're saying salty. It's about ownership because it originates from a particular place and shouldn't be ABUSED as music before has been. If you go and research what's happened to other genres. Also blk?? Where are you from?? 👀👀 What irks me about ppl like you is that you're having a different conversation to other ppl and your response to people is irrelevant coz you're not talking about what they're talking about, then pretending that you've said anything of substance. It's about it being protecting (as it should be - and if you disagree you are weird😂)and not ABUSED, no one said they can't listen, and I know that's not what you heard or saw either. Pls behave.💀💀💀 and "im blk" gives YOU NO CREDIBILITY i just want you to understand that.

[@rickyronny4019]

@@Laura-sg6ss I have no idea what your saying

[@Laura-sg6ss]

@@rickyronny4019 you're* and ofc you don't 💀💀💀 I'm not surprised at all. Have a good one 🙂

[@uhuru1713]

Love Afrobeats from the Republic of Ireland...its so Alive!! Jamaica used to dominate but now the music is just porn lyrics...Afrobeats is sweet and makes me smile and dance!!really got me through all the lockdowns!!

[@natturner1619]

I agree, I stopped listening to dancehall and started solely listening to Afro beats.

[@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa]

I feel you, but some Afrobeat lyrics are a little spicy too, if you understand the dialect. I love dancehall but I always look for more PG content or clean versions before I play it around other people😂

[@brombromsmuva9215]

@@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa exactly "you like big cassava" Tekno

[@JustForfYou]

@@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa yea but Nigerians can sing sexual songs without it sounding raunchy. If they do it will be removed from being played on the radio, there have been songs banned for being too sexual

[@manilli_]

@@brombromsmuva9215 That's sutle in comparison though, just a line.

[@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa]

I love this. When I was a kid, my Mum always took us to African dances and it ignited my love for the music. It's pure vibes, enjoyment and no wahala. I'm glad the world also gets to experience Africa in a good way. It's our time to shine and I'm here for every moment of it.

[@anishablackmon4752]

I know we have a long History that many of us know little about. But as an African American/Black woman…it feels so amazing to have a soulful connection to the motherland. It brings me to tears just hearing that Afrobeats is being Highlighted in the culture!! 🥰🙌🏾

[@babacarsarr6901]

We are all family 💯 a sister from the other side

[@Abner-gu3ve]

@@babacarsarr6901 facts we all family

[@babacarsarr6901]

@@Abner-gu3ve thanks 🙏

[@boochi7087]

So glad they brought up Fela Kuti. Afrobeat and Afrobeats to the world!! 🇳🇬🌍❤️❤️

[@stevepolius436]

Black music has always ruled no matter what Others will always want it Rise up oh motherland for you are the music an way way much more 👊🏾❤️👊🏾💯

[@toussaintjulie3171]

Exactly copied over and over again but never equaled

[@jacoba1570]

Racist

[@betelehemt]

Right!

[@bubblybubbles4023]

If it wasn't for black ppl music would suck. Black Americans created blues, jazz, rock n roll, and even brought the banjo to America, Black Jamaican created reggae, Blacks in Latin America created Salsa, mambo, etc, and most if not all of the Latin dances. All other groups know how to do if steal from us, rebrand, and lie to the world saying they created it. In 50 years they'll be calling Afro beats Euro beats and will claim it's just European club music. 😂

[@Tunechi65]

@@bubblybubbles4023 lmao true

[@pharaohmedjaylawofmedjay2680]

When Afro Americans and Afrocan From The Mother Lands Come Together It's Always Legendary Music an Food is The Heart All Love Awesomeness Forever Legendary 🎶

[@justchilling704]

For sure.

[@JD-ny3vz]

It's a beautiful thing I love to see it

[@llKeey]

I like many others have just discovered this music, and being a black man, I low key feel ashamed lol but one thing I love and appreciate the most is the depiction of black women, its truly beautiful. I can't believe I've been missing out. As well as the men, and I don't want to compare it to hip hop but I wish that part would spill into hip hop.

[@kwadwoasiama4552]

Congrats to the interviewer. "Faith" so proud of you. Making all of us proud.

[@redgoldgreen9960]

All these types of music started from the Motherland. As a Jamaican Raggae music and all these songs originated from Africa. Long live Mama Africa and her children around the globe 🌍🤜🏿🤛🏿🎙️🎵🌍

[@401Orishas]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@franman1148]

Dude those other genres were created in the west not in Africa. Very disrespectful to the artists who pioneered those genres.

[@redgoldgreen9960]

@@franman1148 even The Great Nesta Bob Marley song Buffalo soldier, he said the buffalo soldiers were stolen from Africa and that's fact.

[@franman1148]

@@redgoldgreen9960 Buffalo soldiers were American blacks who fought in the civil war of America. That has nothing to do with the music itself. Listen all I’m saying is that you have to give these artists who descended from slaves in the west the credit for creating these genres hundreds of years after their forefathers were sold from africa. Just enjoy the shine that Afrobeats is giving you now but no need to claim those other genres as African creations.

[@DakinRinone]

@@franman1148 someone who actually understands music, thank you. I seem someone saying jazz got it roots, or started because of afrobeats.. it's just not true.

[@twixxy77]

Faith you did an incredible job on this special. From saying Lagos how it’s really meant to be said to highlighting multiple countries in Africa 🙌🏾

[@zakiyacarter3714]

I was just about to comment this. She did a great job!

[@TheTororist]

isnt lagos named after the portugese city of lagos? they definitely dont pronounce it that way. sounds more like lagush

[@zakiyacarter3714]

​@@TheTororist yeah it was named a couple of centuries ago so the pronunciation has diverged. it currently has a few names associated with it but what she said is the most common pronunciation.

[@paaglobal]

What makes Afrobeat even more remarkable is the fact that the lyrics and dance are not sexual and vulgar.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Its not crude but suggestive

[@sheabutterMama]

Yes I love that too!

[@hkn920]

Have you listen to coming by naira marley? 😂😂

[@paaglobal]

@@hkn920 God will punish him for that nonsense record

[@nuiyaroberts3495]

@@hkn920 😭😂😂

[@lotus9259]

Caribbean born; African heritage. Afrobeats to the world🤸🏾‍♂🤸🏾‍♂🤸🏾‍♂🤸🏾‍♂🤸🏾‍♂🤸🏾‍♂

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Check this Afro Caribbean song🔥🔥🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInVdWqVjppksKM

[@Nedecha]

I'm Caribbean born, married to an African, visited Africa to find out through Ancestry my connections to Nigeria, Cameroon/Congo is inherently who I am. Loved Afrobeats for over a decade. AFRICA to the 🌎

[@lotus9259]

@@Nedecha 🎯

[@meyokkob458]

@@Nedecha Black American proud…did my ancestry found I’m Cameroon, Nigerian, Mali, of course various European, Asian. I feel I’m Fulani my great grandma would put a Gris Gris on our necks

[@Nedecha]

@@meyokkob458 I got a bit of Mali as well. Less than 5% European. I actually have a friend half Nigerian and half congolese and we look almost like fraternal twins. It's insane

[@DeyHouz_ng]

Proud to be a Nigerian, Proud to be an African at a glorious time like this! #Afrobeats to the World 🎶🌎🚀 🔥

[@oe5801]

Congratulations to Nigeria and Nigerians. A win for Naija.

[@annmariebusu9924]

Yeah I have been listening to Afro beats for years. I like when some of the languages are incorporated too. I don’t mind. Much love to all the successful artists from 🇯🇲 🥰

[@yeyamusic]

It’s just so good the whole world should be jamming to afrobeats

[@eniolabakare6839]

Afrobeats make me so proud to be Nigerian knowing my people made the genera

[@inmythoughts718]

me too as a black american.. knowing that we created.. House music, hip hop, rock and roll, jazz and the blues..

[@antonymwangi4986]

Genre

[@DirtyCiv]

been into music from other countries since i was a kid. absolutely love abrobeats

[@RedStorm1392]

Me too! My parents didn’t have much money but they did buy me an old laptop that introduced me to the world and I’m grateful to be the way I am. I’ve always loved learning about other cultures and their foods, music. I love it.

[@GRMLYN]

As a Nigerian this makes me proud

[@TheLala0077]

Nigerians at it again really doing it for our continent 😍 so proud of being African

[@godsanointed3397]

Afrobeats is Nigerian music genre that is ruling the world airwaves now. Up 9ja! Up Africa!

[@lesleyk1727]

About dayuumm time! I've been listening to this music ALL my life. Family is from Côte D'Ivoire & I was born in the States. As an Ivorian-American, this brings joy to my heart to see others appreciate more vibes from the Motherland😊

[@TITA-n-Dimsum]

When Tems was talking about the spirituality of our music I got chills!

[@shay-rock6127]

I love the afrobeats genre. I've been listening for 3 years now. I'm really glad they are now getting the spotlight that they deserve. ♥️🙏🏾

[@queenesquiresquad]

Afrobeats is my favorite! It makes me feel like I am in the motherland

[@skyfalldeadpool1633]

My favorite afro beat is Congolese and southa African amapiano

[@timmarshal72]

@oti odhiambo This is a big problem for you.. So should they singing in English so the Americans can listen to rumba.. This is why I say there can never be unity in Africa.. Nigeria’s progress hurts all other Africans but Boko haram gives other Africans joy because they know that is Nigeria’s problem.. What a wicked world.. But we shal keep excelling above all other nations in Africa.. God is involve

[@timmarshal72]

@UCkIhY3EWs4nugpwtbMPSRAw yes.. 💯.. How does it? Check how you felt after watching this video.. That explains it all..

[@timmarshal72]

@oti odhiambo So what is my business with that..

[@timmarshal72]

@oti odhiambo In your opinion, to you Congolese music is the best even though the world chose Nigeria.. I understand you now

[@FranEJ]

so proud of these musicians. they represent us well.

[@bedroombully4]

represent to who ?

[@donnaking4567]

I love Nigerian music. Its the beats for me. I have many Nigerian friends and they ask me am I sure I'm not Nigerians. Maybe, AAs did come from West Afrika.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Maybe? This is not disputed by any academic in the world.

[@domspeakslife]

Love love love Afrobeats! It’s literally the only type of music that makes me dance even if I’m tired lol 💕

[@aniyah444]

I’m glad more of our music is getting recognized :)

[@Ajibolaa]

Nigerians are finally getting their time in the sun after all their hard work 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@eniolabakare6839]

But Africans will want to pull that one Africa bullshit and claim our work when they will show hate on us on social media and either try to claim our success or discredit it

[@timmarshal72]

@@eniolabakare6839 But they will never take it because we are also on social medias, we go drag am with them.. Let them come

[@lawbsk1048]

@@eniolabakare6839 lol so afrobeats is only Nigerian

[@Ajibolaa]

​@@lawbsk1048 yh. the afro in the name doesn't mean its generally African. fela coined the term in the 60s, his band was also called egypt 80. I'm sure we don't think he's egyptian cause of that.

[@lawbsk1048]

@@Ajibolaa I didn’t say it’s because of the name I was asking because it seemed like they were giving Nigeria all the credit like other African countries don’t produce quality Afobeats

[@mariekano9730]

Afrobeats is so good there's barely any sexual or vulgar lyrics to it at all. I like that type of music

[@itsawin.grettle]

I support Afrobeats! Much love from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@ReactwithRandy]

Afrobeat is a genre on its own have no influence with pop or hip-hop. The genre is on its own

[@jero0418]

Where in the interview did it state that African music isn't a gem of its own Calling African music the new pop... Popular music is quantifying the degree of African music popularity It's intelligent to remove emotions from logic when raising a point

[@ishajaffer2295]

This. pop, hip-hop and r&b have african influences so I'm really confused about them saying afrobeats is a mix of pop, r&b and hip-hop! It's its own sound! But It's Western media so they can't imagine this existing without American influence.

[@onweobinna2644]

Afrobeat has hip hop influence man don't play yourself

[@ishajaffer2295]

@@onweobinna2644 1) I'd say it's more Black pop than hip-hop and 2) as previously stated, most black genres have African influences and roots. So really it's you who is playing yourself.

[@onweobinna2644]

@@ishajaffer2295 We are talking about genres of music not about a people.Hip hop may have African influence but it's a genre of music so if anyone does a fusion of Nigerian music and hip hop it's called afrofusion which is a sub genre of afrobeat

[@LatashaTrueHeart]

Ay-ay! I saw my girl, Sho Madjozi! Ee-yah! I was hoping to catch a glimpse of Simmy, but I'm sure that her style is under a different classification. Loooooove my Nigerian, Ghanaian, and South African artists!

[@inmythoughts718]

South African artists are not Afrobeat.. Afrobeat primarly comes from Nigeria and Ghana.. Africa is a very very large continent.. with different cultures and languages.. Afrobeat is just one music form in Africa

[@LatashaTrueHeart]

@@inmythoughts718 I'm aware that Africa is a big continent with multiple countries that each have many diverse cultures and languages. While Afrobeats may be a single genre from the variety of genres that come out of SA, my statement was just sharing that I listen to artists from all three countries. Thanks for the browbeat.

[@chichi5926]

Lol. They just told u it's not from SA and u still refer to it as an SA music. Also, what you mean by all 3 African countries? There are over 54 countries here darling

[@LatashaTrueHeart]

@@chichi5926 and @BOUNCEBACK ALWAYS One has a lot of ground to cover with 54 countries. I think three countries are a good enough start. All I have to do is add to that and before you now it.... You know, you're very critical. I didn't say all of them were SA. I just said that I like the sounds I've heard from there and the other places. I'm not quantifying all that is in this video. I'm saying/sharing what little I have been exposed to. I don't have a lot to go on other than the people who have exposed me to their cultures. You're not a very good ambassador for any African culture/country right now. You're simply being judgmental. Rather than sharing artists or countries I can listen to and learn about, you cut me down and discourage my desire to learn about any more than what I have already heard. I love music. I welcome new genres and artists to explore. Thank you for showing me reasons to maybe not want to go to the place where my ancestors were ripped from. Perhaps some black people in Africa will never accept the descendants of black people in America. I gravitate to it to have some better idea, understanding, knowledge of the people and places my lineage could possibly come from and/or the places and people who I see in the various black people who live here in the US. The Bible says there is life and death in the tongue. Your treatment and harshness of my novice is killing my enthusiasm. You could be a better teacher. I may never want to go visit wherever you are from because you are demonstrating that I, who could be a distant cousin, may very well not be welcomed. I've always been encouraged to learn more about different places in Africa. I have found pleasure in what few things I have been exposed to. I do want to learn more, but certainly not from the likes of you. Now I have to be more careful where I choose to go if I ever decide to make my way there.

[@chichi5926]

​@@LatashaTrueHeart Oh wow! You play the victim much? My comment was correctional and not critical. but if it was, you didn't have to write all that. Nobody said anything about not coming here. But do what you wish. Before you travel, maybe google what tribe the name "Luchi Tito" is from then don't go to that land, because we have tough skin here and you mightn't survive. But the more liberating thing to do would be to visit every single land in Afrika and have fun regardless of what a mean youtube critic said. Please, booboo, kill that victim mind set, it'll get you no where in life, especially not in Afrika. Having said all that, the genre you're thinking from SA is amapiano, and the sound is mad. When it comes on, all you want to do is bob your head and shake your legs like a drunk. Google Amapiano and jam to the top 50 hits on there. I swear every single artist is fire. SA artists are mental with the beat. When you're done with Amapiano, google afrobeat. It's westafrikan (Nigeria-Ghana). First listen to Fela (maybe his top 5 hits) just to get an interesting introduction, then listen to Burna Boi, Wiz Kid, and Temz. Afrobeat is also as mental as Amapiano, so give these 2 genres a start before hitting the Congos and East Afro music. Peace and love

[@dstn2bgrt]

Always loved Afrobeats been listening a long time and glad it is being recognized. I love that Tems and Whiz did held it down as African artists and did not have to use a different sound or culture to make this song an international hit. It's still going strong, these are some real talents. This is huge! Respect! So many other artists the entire world should know. Drop a name here, keep it going.... Tekno

[@dsvisualshd]

Let’s not forget. Nigerian woman are the most unbelievably beautiful.

[@nikkyjackson6500]

Aww 🥰 thank you 🙏🏾

[@turquoisepurple7sky151]

❤️🙋🏾‍♀️

[@dsvisualshd]

@@nikkyjackson6500 ❤️

[@WindedVoyage]

I've been living I Cape Verde Africa for the past 3 years and have discovered a world of music from Africa that has totally blown me away! I've been saying that it will be popular worldwide next.

[@angiefromnairobi]

Proud to be African ❤️ I love afrobeats! There are also so many more genres from across the continent waiting to be discovered and enjoyed internationally!

[@stevelumumbashabazzz5087]

Afro beats is not a self destructive music. I’d rather vibing to that than hip hop.

[@kingchaos6050]

The rap music being played today isn’t hip-hop. Educate yourself!

[@patrickjenkins6383]

I could literally listen to Nigerian accents all day long. The way (Terms) sings....and speaks is absolutely Captivating ! And don't get me started on her big beautiful Eyes. 💙😎

[@jalasky46]

We thank the internet for now we don't only get to tell our stories ourselves but we show it.

[@MajorrBison]

It's been a blessing to our music and culture.

[@Lulu060986]

🙏🏾

[@OMOAREWA]

We Africans have come a long way… does anyone remember being called or using the word an ‘African butt scratcher’

[@ItsKells]

Beautiful coverage of Afro Beats! Cover AMAPIANO next! 🔥👏🏾

[@chideraannugwu8570]

Thank God that we Africans are being Recognized globally. Am really proud of our African Artists. They have put us on the world map. Afrobeats to the world. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lanreayo4608]

I can't wait for AfroTech! Beats are all good, time to showcase our brains and creativity as well! AfroTech coming soon! :).

[@benoffice5924]

Well said brother. We will get there and soon

[@ifeanyienemo7697]

Preach!!!!!!!!

[@jtk6402]

Sorry to disappoint but you have to wait for maybe a century

[@voiceofafrica6005]

@minted crib you’d be surprised it won’t take two decades. It will shock you.

[@jtk6402]

@@voiceofafrica6005 really we have too much on our plate rn . But lets see

[@moussaaziz5476]

For centuries we were convinced that's we aren't capable of greatness, today with How fast the continent is Changing from each angle we are proving everyone wrong , may greater days be ahead of us .

[@anekesunday2276]

Naija all the way big up Africa

[@nonyabizgaming5542]

Afro-beats been around!

[@nonyabizgaming5542]

@Carpe Diem it's the same IMO because most music is derived from African drums.

[@Tam...]

@Carpe Diem very much Dancehall...

[@truethots3088]

@@Tam... you wish

[@Tam...]

@@truethots3088 Dancehall is VERY popular in Africa so it's not surprising🤷🏿‍♀️

[@truethots3088]

@@Tam... it's popular in limited parts of Africa. Even in West Africa only Ghana carries dancehall on thier head. I Nigerias fee artise meddle into dancehal . The VAST Majority do not. You can't listen to say Simi , adekunke gold, The Kutis , olamide , etc and hear dancehall . the 2 I see sampling are whiz kid and burna boy and that's just on a few of thier songs.

[@401Orishas]

African Music have always been here! Sade, Seal, Lighthouse family, Amgelique Kidjo and more. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lordofabraxas4414]

No doubt you are an 80's baby, because all the aforementioned artist are my favourites growing up with so much lovely memories I cherish alot. 😊😊👍🏿👍🏿

[@vincentnwankwo1611]

Afrobeats is a new genre, which started in the 2000s. The topic is on afrobeats not on African music.

[@401Orishas]

@@vincentnwankwo1611 False! The term Afrobeats has always been in used but Fela opposed to it due to rights issues. It was then again re-adopted in early 2000s at the blessing of Femi Kuti, in a bid to unify all of modern African musical genres under one umbrella. The pop/club genres collectively have been in existence since early 90s, going back to the days of Zakky Adze, Oritz Wiliki, Ras Kimono, Majek Fashek, Edna Ogoli, Blakky, Baba Fryo, Daddy Showkey and co.

[@sarahshaw7951]

Thankfully I’m Nigerian I’ve been listening since 2face keep on rocking omg better late than never

[@Iam_Telesha]

I have sooooo much Afrobeats music in my music catalog. I'm American

[@mllemauvaise]

3:15 What Tems is saying is so beautiful. And later she said Africa is lit. 🔥🔥 I love that! Black is beautiful not just for beauty but for magic, soul. I love all forms of dance. I grew up hearing a little bit of konpa from my Haitian step father's side, zouk from my French mother's side, reggae and soca from being born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. I took some classes in different afro dance styles as I got older. African dance styles is so unique, the way it grounds you to the earth and connects your heart to something. It's powerful af. I'm not gonna lie, I always wished I was African to know what it truly and wholly feels like to dance African dance to African music with African blood and African soul. I cannot dance like I used to. I developed a disability that makes body movement painful and stiff, but whenever I watch the endless hours of afrobeats choreography on YT and IG, I can't help but roll my hips and chest around. 💗 I am so grateful that afrobeats is becoming more popular worldwide because it is such a groovy vibe. Very uplifting, very sweet, very sexy, and very intense too. African arts need and deserve all of the recognition. Thank you, Africa! 💘

[@begoodify]

If you're part Haitian, you're African. We claim you. Sorry fir your disability. I have a similar chronic illness so I understand. We move in the spirit instead.❤️

[@auditzone]

The first African singer I knew was Wizkid back in 2010 when Chris Brown posted him on his social media. Since then I've been loving his intriguing songs. 🤩🤩

[@paikieghaebiowei5855]

Afrobeats to the world 🌎

[@Mkym365]

Great insights on Afrobeats and you showcased some of my fav Artists in the Afrobeats genre💕💕💕💕💕

[@JayRandomOfficial]

Afrobeat to the world

[@ogenglishchat9502]

Igbo my tongue, Nigeria my country, Ckay my love 😍🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@sulemanoladipo3462]

Yoruba create afrobeats

[@muneebpaul4620]

@@sulemanoladipo3462 yess

[@francisnwadike9505]

@@sulemanoladipo3462 you see your life did this girl said any thing about who great what and who, any where most all Igbo musician mostly do highlife music like flavour chika ckay phyno and so on Soo keep ur hate to yourself and move on

[@sulemanoladipo3462]

@@francisnwadike9505 bro I was just saying it to get peoples reaction calm down

[@cityofjerusalem8824]

@@sulemanoladipo3462 lie

[@-Bloomingtales]

Sorry to the rest of these Americans who are LATE to the party lol. I’ve been on Afrobeats since 2012. Back when Wiz, Davido, Iyanya, Tekno, Yemi, Flavour were babies 😩 … I’ve also been on South African House since Khona by Mafikizolo. … Amapiano hasn’t caught up to everyone yet but it will. Angolan House, Morna and Cumbia from South America will probably catch on eventually too…. thank God for technology. People didn’t know how amazing the music was/is until we started using streaming platforms - no looking back now. 🙌🏾

[@ashokadhshd3438]

Respect ✊🏾

[@corieydadon]

So south African stole house music 😂😂😂

[@lozi4163]

​ no we did not steal house music hence we call it house music unlike you people who steal sound and call it Afrobeats even when one can hear that is not. House music is house music, we never called it anything

[@klomax7089]

So glad you featured this AMAZING genre of music. It’s one of my very favorites 🙌🏽💃🏽🙂

[@zahaking6750]

I thank God for making me a Nigerian 🇳🇬.. all my belly de sweet me..

[@amyqb117]

For this one thing. mscheeew.

[@bettyomijie842]

🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬💚🦅

[@08094denise]

It’s about time. Been a fan for years.

[@boomboombaby9140]

Ckay song plays in rotation on 1001.1 in Nashville lol I hear it all the time driving from work .

[@conniehenry2714]

I am so excited for you all. Congratulations

[@samaniivevo]

Ckay our own 🇳🇬

[@fiyinobayanmusic]

This is what I have been saying! 7 years ago I was in Lagos like Afrobeat is so much better than North American music!

[@daniella8400]

Nah, it’s good but we have some good music and artist in America and if it wasn’t for black Americans putting Africans on afrobeats wouldn’t be so popular.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@daniella8400 lmaooo what? Before any Black American featured African artists, these guys were huge on the African continent

[@daniella8400]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 yeah in Africa, Americans gave them world wide fame!

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@daniella8400 English please

[@daniella8400]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 what?

[@balerikirmu.11]

Remember back in late 2000s and early 2010s from Hungary, Austria to Romania, clubs blasting African music. America is just late to the party

[@ruthmelicharles5062]

I am proud to see the strides that the Afrobeats genre continues to create. The artists/producers deserve their accolades. Another thing that makes me proud is the authentic deliveries. They are serving the world with music that is genuinely African. We don't have to switch things up to please the West; we don't have to tailor things for the West consumption. It's Afrobeats or nothing, baby.

[@deadmeme5726]

Love from Uganda 🇺🇬

[@alekbol3281]

Big up Nigeria and the many other African artist from different African countries 😭

[@Michealsheby]

Just imagine they don't only talk about Nigerian they mention Africa more... 😍 😍 😍

[@valerieodukoya8914]

So proud of you,Ckay. Proudly Nigerian.

[@ifyifemanima3972]

I am literarily shedding tears. Thank you Papa Fela

[@robingreen3391]

i pray afrobeat(s) stays genuine to its roots .......hopefully it won't be manipulated and water down.......African Diaspora unite!

[@buutifuleyes]

🇯🇲 loves Afrobeats you feel the good energy of it like Reggae does…Tiwa Savage should’ve been mentioned, she deserves her flowers as well 💐🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ashokadhshd3438]

We love y’all Jamaicans too. Rich and influential culture

[@gtail942]

We love you too babes 🇳🇬🇯🇲 💕 and Yes oo, Tiwa deserves her flowers 🌸 too

[@Weastiid]

The presenter pronounced the word "Yoruba" perfectly 💯

[@wizkid593]

England/Europe had a big part in the rise of afrobeats

[@shameilla]

Appreciate the research and the quality of the coverage