Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. asake-image00053-By-Walter-Banks - Credit: Walter Banks* Asake appears on the Zoom screen, a puff of smoke rising behind him, his ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss GQ story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. One of the first things you notice ...

Afrobeats star Asake brought Lagos to Brooklyn and made history as the first African artist to headline Red Bull Symphonic in the U.S., bridging his Nigerian roots with classical music under the ...

Ahmed Ololade, better known as Asake, brought Afrobeats to new heights during his sold-out Red Bull Symphonic concert at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on November 8. The Nigerian superstar performed with a ...

The two superstars previewed a new track called ‘Jogodo’. The beat is heavy, and it commands attention immediately. It sounds like an instant club anthem, blending Wizkid’s smooth delivery with ...

According to Jones, Hip-Hop/Rap Music’s real roots lie in African praise-singing and panegyrics, which then got transported across the atlantic during slave trade. Gaunt slaves on rich plantations ...

CNN — (CNN) — Nigerian singer and songwriter Asake is creating a new Afrobeats sound that is deeply African and completely global. Originally a dancer, he began recording music in 2018. By 2020, Asake ...

One of the first things you notice when meeting Asake is his name – all five letters of the Nigerian singer’s stage moniker are tattooed in big, unmissable ink across his neck. For another entertainer ...