C.R.E.A.M. D'Banj, founder and CEO, C.R.E.A.M The tie-up is designed to move emerging African artists onto the global stage, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora & hip-hop's class acts. South African superstar Tyla has won her first MTV Video Music Award and ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross, the stage name of William Leonard Roberts II, says this moment ...

Africa's music festival landscape has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry, and as we sit here , it's impossible to deny how much the continent has become a powerhouse for live music ...

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Makhadzi has appealed for African unity as calls grow for South African artists to be boycotted in Zimbabwe over Afrophobia ...