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- ABC News’ Faith Abubey reports on Afrobeats music exported from Africa and now burning up the charts in the U.S., partly due to social media.
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Really love how Nigerian musicians emphasize Africa as well as Nigeria. Its a win for our continent.
how and where, nowhere on the continent is their unity, let along with the countries.. its a great concept
You are correct
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
@@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..
@@inmythoughts718 That was yesterday... It's a new Dawn amongst the younger generation of African's🦁
I felt so emotional and proud watching this. Afrobeats is really taking over ! Love from Jamaica 🤎🇯🇲
we love y'all from Africa. hand in hand
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.
@@sunboy1558 I totally agree. I definitely want to visit soon.
yaow dawta, which artists from yard use the afrobeat sound? mi a beg yuh tell me...
@@sunboy1558 fr Africa is the future
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.
FACTS! And 2Face.
@@slicusdadon true: 2baba - African Queen and If love is a crime are LEGENDARY.
And dbanj
Hell yeah P-Square doesn’t get enough credit for the impact they made. 2Face neither
@@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.
This segment was VERY well researched even down to the pronouncing of the words. Haha this is wild. Naija no dey carry last 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
We die there
Except when they called it a mix of pop and hip hop.
The reporter is a Nigerian.
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.)
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
Exactly! This is new for white people
@@daniella8400 no just Americans
@@nathalia00906 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.
@@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
@@nathalia00906 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.
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
not for once, the rest of the world is ALWAYS late to the party, yet they say Africa is a developing country. cha!
sssshhhh don't tell them...
@@akwaabab8504 they are a developing continent
@@akwaabab8504 But if you go back 12yrs ago they had P Squared and DBanj and 2face Idibia etc but were not fully known
_For once?_
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!
Facts
Nigerian music you mean 😅
@@Ajibolaa true. Gotta be specific
@@Ajibolaa
No mbaqanga, amapiano, rumba, mbira you name it
@@vmat6684 wtf are those noise, Nigerian afro beats is kings
I was screaming today when our radio station in Baton Rouge,Louisiana played 30 minutes of afrobeats...sheesh made my drive to work awesome!
What country is that?
@@eseojiekhudu6770 United States
aww ,wow i feel like crying now
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.
The UK been on the Afrobeats wave for a much longer time. Prolly cuz a large majority of Black Brits have Nigerian heritage
At least since 2013
I was listening to dbanj -Oliver twist and psquare in the club in 2012
@@faithscent I was listening to Wizkid in the UK in 2010 and Davido in 2011
@@ashokadhshd3438That’s not even remotely true. There are significant amounts of UK blacks from the Caribbean and other West/East African nations.
Afrobeats comes from the spirit. Soul, R&B, Jazz, etc. all have Africa roots. Not the other way around.
..... 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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
I love the fact that he still maintained his African accent during the interview
Aswear.
African accent isn't easy to replace. Especially west African.
It’s not like we can just get rid of it….
You shouldn't even suppose to @@nuiyaroberts3495
Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 Afro beat to the world it is the new spotlight to global music in the world 🌎enjoy Afro beat guys
God bless my lovely country Nigeria
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.
Same.
Same. The ogs
Same
Thats why we must acknowledge Akon and Konvict muzik
I started listening 10 years ago when my a woman from Botswana had me listen to Oleku from Ice Prince.
IGBO KWENU!! So proud of my people!!! Long live Afrobeats!!!!!!🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Yoruba people that brought afrobeats
Abeg stop with this… every tribe has had a role. Enjoy it and stop trying to cause divide
Yoruba made Afrobeats. But our igbo neighbors contributed to it too. Omo Yoruba ni mi ooo 😘
Don't even start with igbokwenu yoruba owns afrobeat so it better we say Nigeria Or African
You are very stupid for mentioning this which one is Igbo kwenu Yorubas that are making global music are they Yoruba centric?
I'm from Brazil and our art and culture are heavily influenced by Africans and I'm forced thankful
Brazil's culture is inspired by Africa more than any other country on Earth.
Specifically Yoruba Tribe in Nigeria, Brazil has a lot of their culture roots from Yoruba
@@p51424 Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean islands are just as influenced
I don’t forget Brazil 🇧🇷 has the second largest black population in wold
@@p51424The USA is also heavily influenced, rock and roll, jazz, ragtime etc…
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!! 🥰🙌🏾
We are all family 💯 a sister from the other side
@@babacarsarr6901 facts we all family
@@Abner-gu3ve thanks 🙏
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!
Bro dont worry about those idiots
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
@@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.
@@Laura-sg6ss I have no idea what your saying
@@rickyronny4019 you're* and ofc you don't 💀💀💀 I'm not surprised at all. Have a good one 🙂
Super excited africa , especially African music is getting the attention it deserves , Nigeria needs to be commended for helping make this happen
Hell yes
Heavily influenced by black American music as usual. Everyone steals from black American culture even Africans.
@@concernedblackamericanciti5640 what exactly is infleunced from you? Lmfao
@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
@oti odhiambo lies
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
👊🏾❤️👊🏾💯
Exactly copied over and over again but never equaled
Racist
Right!
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. 😂
@@bubblybubbles4023 lmao true
I love to see this! Don’t mind me i am just having a proud Nigerian moment 🇳🇬😊😍🇳🇬😍😊🇳🇬🇳🇬😊
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!!!!
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.
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!!
I agree, I stopped listening to dancehall and started solely listening to Afro beats.
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😂
@@deeeeeeezzzzaaaa exactly "you like big cassava" Tekno
@@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
@@brombromsmuva9215 That's sutle in comparison though, just a line.
So glad they brought up Fela Kuti.
Afrobeat and Afrobeats to the world!! 🇳🇬🌍❤️❤️
Caribbean born; African heritage. Afrobeats to the world🤸🏾♂🤸🏾♂🤸🏾♂🤸🏾♂🤸🏾♂🤸🏾♂
Check this Afro Caribbean song🔥🔥🔥
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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 🌎
@@Nedecha 🎯
@@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
@@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
Proud to be a Nigerian, Proud to be an African at a glorious time like this! #Afrobeats to the World 🎶🌎🚀 🔥
Congrats to the interviewer. "Faith" so proud of you. Making all of us proud.
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.
It’s just so good the whole world should be jamming to afrobeats
Afrobeats make me so proud to be Nigerian knowing my people made the genera
me too as a black american.. knowing that we created.. House music, hip hop, rock and roll, jazz and the blues..
Genre
Congratulations to Nigeria and Nigerians. A win for Naija.
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 🇯🇲 🥰
been into music from other countries since i was a kid. absolutely love abrobeats
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.
Afro beats is not a self destructive music. I’d rather vibing to that than hip hop.
The rap music being played today isn’t hip-hop. Educate yourself!
Nigerians are finally getting their time in the sun after all their hard work 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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
@@eniolabakare6839 But they will never take it because we are also on social medias, we go drag am with them.. Let them come
@@eniolabakare6839 lol so afrobeats is only Nigerian
@@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.
@@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
As a Nigerian this makes me proud
I’m glad more of our music is getting recognized :)
When Tems was talking about the spirituality of our music I got chills!
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😊
so proud of these musicians. they represent us well.
represent to who ?
Afrobeats is Nigerian music genre that is ruling the world airwaves now. Up 9ja! Up Africa!
Love love love Afrobeats! It’s literally the only type of music that makes me dance even if I’m tired lol 💕
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.
Maybe? This is not disputed by any academic in the world.
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!
We thank the internet for now we don't only get to tell our stories ourselves but we show it.
It's been a blessing to our music and culture.
🙏🏾
I support Afrobeats! Much love from the Philippines 🇵🇭
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
I am so excited for you all. Congratulations
Beautiful coverage of Afro Beats! Cover AMAPIANO next! 🔥👏🏾
African Music have always been here! Sade, Seal, Lighthouse family, Amgelique Kidjo and more. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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. 😊😊👍🏿👍🏿
Afrobeats is a new genre, which started in the 2000s. The topic is on afrobeats not on African music.
@@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.
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.
I can't wait for AfroTech! Beats are all good, time to showcase our brains and creativity as well! AfroTech coming soon! :).
Well said brother. We will get there and soon
Preach!!!!!!!!
Sorry to disappoint but you have to wait for maybe a century
@minted crib you’d be surprised it won’t take two decades. It will shock you.
@@voiceofafrica6005 really we have too much on our plate rn . But lets see
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. 🙌🏾
Respect ✊🏾
So south African stole house music 😂😂😂
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
I have sooooo much Afrobeats music in my music catalog. I'm American
Afrobeats to the world 🌎
Igbo my tongue, Nigeria my country, Ckay my love 😍🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Yoruba create afrobeats
@@sulemanoladipo3462 yess
@@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
@@francisnwadike9505 bro I was just saying it to get peoples reaction calm down
@@sulemanoladipo3462 lie
This is what I have been saying! 7 years ago I was in Lagos like Afrobeat is so much better than North American music!
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.
@@daniella8400 lmaooo what? Before any Black American featured African artists, these guys were huge on the African continent
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 yeah in Africa, Americans gave them world wide fame!
@@daniella8400 English please
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 what?
Afrobeat is a genre on its own have no influence with pop or hip-hop. The genre is on its own
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
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.
Afrobeat has hip hop influence man don't play yourself
@@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.
@@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
I thank God for making me a Nigerian 🇳🇬.. all my belly de sweet me..
For this one thing. mscheeew.
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬💚🦅
Just imagine they don't only talk about Nigerian they mention Africa more... 😍 😍 😍
Afrobeat to the world
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! 💘
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.❤️
Ckay song plays in rotation on 1001.1 in Nashville lol I hear it all the time driving from work .
Thankfully I’m Nigerian I’ve been listening since 2face keep on rocking omg better late than never
Ckay our own 🇳🇬
Love from Uganda 🇺🇬
Sho Majodzi is more Amapiano rather than Afrobeats but yeah, love this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Afro beats means African beats
@@ihunnawisdom2376 She is SouthAfrican but her music is not Amapano..There are many genre in SA
Ihuuna,Afrobeat is a Nigerian genre
LOL...Yes you are right okay.
@@tincaisland1374 yes not Afrobeats they are different
i pray afrobeat(s) stays genuine to its roots .......hopefully it won't be manipulated and water down.......African Diaspora unite!
The presenter pronounced the word "Yoruba" perfectly 💯
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.
You don’t hear the n word , violence thug behaviour! It just music anyone can listen to and enjoy dancing to! That’s why it’s so popular!
Big up Nigeria and the many other African artist from different African countries 😭
Remember back in late 2000s and early 2010s from Hungary, Austria to Romania, clubs blasting African music.
America is just late to the party
So proud of you,Ckay.
Proudly Nigerian.
Music is from Africa 🌍
England/Europe had a big part in the rise of afrobeats
Shoutout to All African Artist pushing the beat
It's a Nigerian music genre
I am literarily shedding tears. Thank you Papa Fela
We all need that Nigerian song in our palylist
Nigerians are so talented. Proud to be one✌🏽
I am very proud to be a descendant
@@GreenBanana675 I am proud to be half
@@GreenBanana675 same
@@ashokadhshd3438 same
Now everyone is listening to our quota of good music!! Hope we get to start providing our quota of other things too. Africa 💪🏼
Appreciate the research and the quality of the coverage
I was introduced to Afro beats back in 2016 by then girlfriend and didn’t realized I was secretly listening to Afro beats since 2010.
Afro beats is the music of the African sold into the Diaspora, the prodigal son returned... It's the reflection of the stone the builders refused now staring back at us from whence we came... Afro beats is the child of once enslaved Africans taken back and raised in the Motherland. From the cotton and sugarcane fields, to Blues, Jazz, (Rock, Pop, R&B, Hil-Hop), to Fela, to Afro beat, to Afro beats, back to the Diaspora with love...
Man, you got a very deep insight into this. Most may not be able to wrap their head around ur comment but trust me you're a weirdo!
Tzunammi lovely comment...very true!
You a Poet or something?
@@User__795 the commenter is probably an African American. He's able to use metaphor extensively to describe the history of black culture, especislly as regards pop music as the world have experienced or known it.
The genery the world now know as afrobeats music has roots in black culture dating back to pre-slavery era through the slave epoc when black people taken from West Africa to the cotton and sugarcane fields were able regenerate the African art in them and adapt it to their circumstances, creating hip-hop, sole and R&B in America. Black art and culture are often vibrant and irresistible thereby appealing to more people across racial or political divides.
Back to base, Fela , the afrobeat creator, was also inspired by African American art as performed by the popular funk star, James Brown. Such experience helped Fela to fuze funk and jazz beats, laid on the platform of varying African percussion instruments and horns, where he was able to produce tunes uniquely different from anything heard prior to his time, and afrobeat became popular, internationally. No one of this generation of artists in Nigeria, nay Africa' compares with legend, Fela and afribeat is not the same as afrobeats, genery-wise, but, it's obvious to the whole world that today's African singers are largely inspired by the meastro.
You forgot country
Yep Afrobeats is getting big around the world
Issa vibe. 😌
In university when I met my bestie, her family was from Ghana. She introduced me to African culture and afrobeats. I loved it since 2009. So many a Americans joked me for listening 😅 because it wasn't "in". Now so many of those same people listen to it now.
I don’t believe that any American would make fun of you for listening to non-current music lol. Especially in a university where underground and unpopular music is such a big deal. That’s not a thing that happens.
@@signalfire15 Lol they weren't serious but they were. "Joked" just playing around saying the music was wack.
@@cspel002 oh okay, that makes more sense. I can see them joking around with you if they just didn’t like what you were listening to or weren’t into it. I would just be surprised if anyone made fun of you listening to Afrobeats due to a lack of popularity at the time because university music is notoriously unpopular lol.
I instantly fell in love with AfroBeats as soon as I heard. Not from TikTok but from the BBC Stations that I listen to on Weekends. Bein born and raised Afro American (Black)😊, with R&B, Hip Hop, Etc. I’ve always wonder what it would be like if I could connect to my African Roots and Ancestry and listen to music. Luckily I use my phone as a tool and discovered AfroBeats on my own through London Radio Stations. Although I was alittle late, I’m still glad I still have a chance to use my phone as a tool and listen to other parts of the world and what’s popular over there than just America
Look at the common denominator. Black music will always be groundbreaking. There's something in our culture that transverses generations and folks across the diaspora. When you really look into the history most genres derives from black music: rock, blues, country, r&b, hip hop, reggae, reggaeton, afrobeat.
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Sooo...I grew up to this music, in the U.S., long ago. And there are clubs that mostly play this music along with Reggae and Dancehall. That's why I love the movie, "Belly" so much.
Not new to Black folks. Thanks for the love tho. Finally, some well deserved recognition!
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i dont even listen to the radio anymore...yes it's all about the Afrobeats!!!! it's beautiful music that speaks to a woman's soul - ok, my soul and i love it.
Great music, hope people show these artists the respect they deserve
Afrobeats is awesome!!!
Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! Keep the music coming. Many blessings. 👍👏👏👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖😘
Is not from Africa but Nigeria. Africa is a continent while Nigeria is a country!
Africans hate us and when anything bad happens it always Nigeria but if it something that Nigerian work hard for to succeed and put us on the map it is a Africa thing not Nigeria although Nigeria made afro beats amd when we point that out they always why do we want to be separate from Africa when they always don't have anything nice to say on social media try to discredit or hate Nigerian success
@@eniolabakare6839 on point
@@eniolabakare6839 Exactly. I agree. Now all of a sudden it's one Africa lmaaao any other they're slandering Nigerians.
They also copying amapiano and calling it Afrobeats since your sound has reached its destination, the future is going to be funny .
@@lozi4163 we never claimed amapaino it a tune unque to beutiful South Africa we know it your tune I would like to know which Nigerian have been claiming the genera because I don't any who claimed South Africa genera
African rhythms have been the foundation of popular music styles for a century or more. It was an inevitablity, for Africa to become the center of popular music creation.
Nigeria’s carrying the weight 🇳🇬🇳🇬 I love how she said Igbo, Nwantiti and Lagos lol
Music is the only think that makes me so proud to be Nigerian 😩😩
Who else feels the same?
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Thank you for that comment, Comfort!
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