Is Afrobeats "the new oil of Africa"? - BBC What's New

A BBC What's New special celebrating the global success of Afrobeats today. The popular music genre is compared to an oil boom by DJ Edu.
From the MOBO (Music of Black origins in the UK) red carpet to music studios and clubs, Yvette Twagiramariya speaks to those contributing to the growth of Afrobeats on the global scene.
This documentary features:
- Smade, real name Adesegun Adeosun Jr, entrepreneur, Smade Lounge owner and face of Afronation, Europe's biggest Afro festival.
- Princess Wonda, real name Princess Funmilola Fisher, singer, songwriter and composer born in the UK and raised in Nigeria.
- DJ Edu, BBC 1xtra presenter known for championing for African music on his show called DNA.
- Poco Lee, real name Iwe Pascal, dancer and MC from Lagos, Nigeria
BBC What’s New and BBC Actu Jeunes are the BBC’s first bilingual programmes for teenagers, brought to you by the BBC World Service to discuss important issues for young people across Africa.
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[@christineopiyo7769]

From Kenya and here in East Africa we love Naija Music 😊

[@imolesquare]

Nigeria is doing so much for African right now! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@georgeilawagbon9255]

And some African countries are hating while some are liking it

[@ms.t4322]

But still little water and electricity

[@ms.t4322]

​@@georgeilawagbon9255no ones hating but some are laughing

[@rosemariesmith8151]

I ❤❤❤❤❤ AFRO BEAT SONGS #THE MOTHER LAND TO THE WORLD 🌎 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@errolduncan9305]

Africa Is The Future. I Am Proud Of How Afrobeats Is Doing Right Now.

[@intelligencehaswon5714]

Not if endemic corruption, lack of adequate infrastructure, and increasingly difficult ability to feed a continent with a booming population isn't rectified.

[@ms.t4322]

​@@intelligencehaswon5714👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@azeezedo-omozuwa1820]

Proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬💪💪💪

[@rosemiller1448]

Omalah, Rema, Burna boy, don jazzi, asake, ...Africa is global and they are slapping globally. Afro beat

[@BobbyCoolOriginal]

Bobby cool

[@godsanointed3397]

Naija 🇳🇬 to the world 🌍🌎

[@rosemiller1448]

Poco lee . Afro beats is packaged nicely and tastefully.

[@habenuchi2503]

Naija🇳🇬

[@fimsampson6190]

Afrobeat is Nigerian music genre. Its not Aftican music.

[@mbahebukaernest6909]

Igbos got the credit for pushing african entertainment to Africa continent and from there it went global to digital....started from Aba Abia state to Alaba international market lagos Nigeria , we believe in african project

[@okangba1]

Kenny's music and the diaspora in London made Afrobeats

[@olagokeabodunde3342]

You cannot single out a tribe in the success of afrobeats pls, don't be parochial. The alaba guys did it as a business because it was profitable but what about the content creators and those who took the music to the UK and US giving it much publicity. Let's give it to Kennis Music and Mohits records.

[@georgeilawagbon9255]

You be mumu oh, you nor no,

[@remakrealty]

Common, common, receive sense. Must you bring tribe to everything

[@basitolamilekan9839]

Well done 👍✅ good work

[@vincentodoh807]

Burna Boy all the way❤

[@sixckim]

To @BBC Whats New and all viewers My apologies for the late comment. Here is my point of view The US hiphop RnB music álbums of late 90s impacted the world Hiphop game profoundly. Especially artists from Def Djam and Violator from the late Chris Ligthy. Here in Africa 1999 was pivotal and these artists influenced us alot. At this point we tried to do Hiphop and Rap music borrowing the same aesthetic in sound and subjects. In 2001 I was the creator and released the first solo Rap álbum in Portuguese language titled Luz E Som (Ligth and Sound) from my country Angola (África) featuring the late rapper from Zimbabwe named Mizchif who was the number one rapper in South Africa at the time. 5 years later we africans decided to incorporate local culture related subjects closer to our reality into our US related hiphop music. That is 2004 when Afro-Hiphop started to get shaped. 9 years down the line there was a clear split between Afro-Hiphop Afrohouse and Afrobeats with an S.That is 2013 when Dbanj released Oliver Twist. Afro-hiphop stayed behind and Afrohouse exploded with Dj Black Coffee. This event created space for the industry to look at live acts from african artists. Somehow Wizkid from Nigeria gave the world a glimpse of what could be achieved. That is when Africa got lucky that Chris Brown decided to pull up African artists and collaborate.exposing us to the gods of the music industry. Shortly before that The Coca Cola talent show that happened in Nigeria increased the exposure further with the presence of american god of music Neo. Many other great names contributed. For destiny's sake a Destiny's Child prodigy called Beyonce included African artists into Dysney Lion King soundtrack. Shortly before that the movie Black panther solidified the stardom narrative of african folklore. Today you know the results are astonishing. Music and sports have the same dynamic of inspiration and success. Well done to our great olympian Simon Biles the queen of sports and another american wiiner who together saluted a fellow Gimnast from Brasil named Rebeca in the podium of the Paris Olympics 2024 for Gymnastics. Please Google me SIXCKIM I am humble with few views but I am very profound.

[@tobyrose6906]

Interesting. Thanks. 🎉

[@uncensored2282]

afrobeats is not African music; it's Nigerian music.

[@emmanuelekpenyong423]

One of Nigerian musics

[@Jabou1]

And Nigeria is in china right?

[@ochiegodfrey6428]

@@Jabou1 american music. Do you call it american continent music

[@Jabou1]

@@ochiegodfrey6428 lol there are a bunch of different types of Afrobeat in Africa, do your research about afrobeat in Africa in general. And yes, I know that Nigeria and Ghana are more popular in the afrobeat genre, but there’re a lots of version of afrobeat music!!

[@securityreasons69]

It started in Ghana, don't be ungrateful

[@rosemiller1448]

Black sharif great

[@davidstunna2573]

I'm still coming don't forget

[@nanayaw_rhadycal4137]

I’m here for Blacko I’m here for Africa and I’m here for Ghana 🇬🇭

[@habenuchi2503]

Oya make we rest na

[@Gagzicool]

Yeah...just stay with ur Ghana ....and as we are staying our Nigeria pls don't come and spew your jealousy and bile here

[@rotimikayode1072]

​@@GagzicoolYou don't have to say this.

[@Royalbloodline1990]

@@rotimikayode1072I used to love Ghana but recently I read their comments and I’m appalled and realize Nigeria has many African enemies because God is favoring us always.

[@staytruealways207]

@@Royalbloodline1990why won’t you have enemies when you take a sound that is not yours, benefit from it and not give credit to those you got It from and to add insult to injury you try to erase that very country from it by saying AfrobeatS came from Nigeria. No Ghanaian is hating or jealous of Nigeria artists success in AfrobeatS but give credit when credit is due. If I’m wrong then tell me what AfrobeatS consist of?

[@Jr.007]

Blaaaaaaacko!

[@jidephp612]

It is afrobeat not afrobeats

[@shawnrichards1393]

Afro beats is nothing more than dancehall and hip hop put together by Africans in there language

[@allthingsadella]

True

[@staytruealways207]

Funny the country that started it ( Ghana 🇬🇭 ) isn’t mentioned or given credit at all and correction fuse odg was the one that made AfrobeatS popular in london by promoting the azonto sound, Ghanaians are very happy for Nigerian artist but give credit where credit is due

[@okangba1]

How did Ghana start it?

[@idrisahmadu5699]

No.mind am. Ghana na HIGH LIFE, and Nigeria na AFRO BEAT dating back to the '60s by the one and only FELA RANSOM KUTI.. High Life has been dead and gone for decades even though the late Rex Lawson (Nigeria) was the one one popularised it, more than anyone else in Ghana. So, there.

[@NnamdiAnekwe]

Ghana started afrobeats?....Be deceiving yourself. Mad people everywhere 🙄 😒

[@staytruealways207]

@@idrisahmadu5699 😂 wow some Nigerians are amazing oo can tell you fake history and pass it on like they know what they are talking about, Nigerians keep talking about AfrobeatS is a Nigerian invention ( not Afrobeat even tho Afrobeat is not yours either ) but today’s AfrobeatS if it’s true that Nigeria invented it answer one simple question what does AfrobeatS consist of?

[@staytruealways207]

@@NnamdiAnekwe thieves you guys have piggybacked off Ghanaians and instead just saying we got this sound from Ghana your pride won’t let you do it talking about fela 😂 , the family themselves has already said today’s AfrobeatS has nothing to with what fela was playing back then even that sound that fela played he got Ghana as well but again to much pride to admit it.

[@Footinakrakkazass]

Burner boy can’t sell a record

[@shedracksmart897]

Proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬💪💪💪